Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
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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 2, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
003
WWUS51 KCLE 022015
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
415 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
PAC049-022025-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100602T2015Z/
ERIE PA-
415 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 415 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4185 7971 4185 7987 4200 7993 4204 7976
4201 7975 4200 7962 4199 7961 4187 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 255DEG 27KT 4194 7978
$$
MITCHELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.