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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 2, 2010Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2010, 3:51 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2010, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2010, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

231 
WFUS51 KCLE 021951
TORCLE
PAC049-022015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0013.100602T1951Z-100602T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
351 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR UNION CITY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE. A TORNADO MAY
  DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CORRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.

&&

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 4185 7971 4185 7987 4200 7993 4204 7976
      4201 7975 4200 7962 4199 7961 4187 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 255DEG 27KT 4194 7977

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
003 
WWUS51 KCLE 022015
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
415 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010

PAC049-022025-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100602T2015Z/
ERIE PA-
415 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 415 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4185 7971 4185 7987 4200 7993 4204 7976
      4201 7975 4200 7962 4199 7961 4187 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 255DEG 27KT 4194 7978

$$
MITCHELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Erie40 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie61 min

Nearby

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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.