Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 9:02 PM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2008, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Venango County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:06 PM EDT | TORNADO | Sugarcreek, PA | A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHING THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KPBZ 090102
TORPBZ
PAC121-090130-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0002.080609T0102Z-080609T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
902 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 858 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SUGARCREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KENNERDELL...OIL CITY...SENECA AND VAN
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4156 7973 4153 7957 4138 7953 4132 7964
4121 7969 4119 7973 4122 7991 4132 7999
4148 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 297DEG 30KT 4135 7980
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPBZ 090133
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
933 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
PAC121-090143-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080609T0130Z/
VENANGO PA-
933 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VENANGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL
CLOUDS HAVE EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING EXPIRED
AT 930 PM.
LAT...LON 4156 7973 4153 7957 4138 7953 4132 7964
4121 7969 4119 7973 4122 7991 4132 7999
4148 7988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 297DEG 30KT 4135 7980
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest | 40 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.