Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2008, 7:52 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2008, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 212352
TORCLE
PAC039-220015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0012.080621T2352Z-080622T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
752 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 746 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 29
MILES WEST OF TITUSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEADVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4161 7963 4162 7982 4152 7998 4148 8001
4148 8012 4147 8013 4148 8034 4155 8033
4169 7989 4170 7961 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 241DEG 19KT 4150 8017
$$
KOSARIK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 220021
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
816 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
PAC039-220026-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080622T0015Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
816 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 815 PM EDT...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4161 7963 4162 7982 4152 7998 4148 8001
4148 8012 4147 8013 4148 8034 4155 8033
4169 7989 4170 7961 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 241DEG 19KT 4150 8017
$$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.