Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2010, 6:12 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min. 7 reports 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 4, 2010, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 E Meadville, PA | HAIL NEAR GUYS MILLS. |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 3 | 7 Ne Meadville, PA | HAIL WAS NEAR BLOOMING VALLEY. |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 4 | 5 E Blooming Valley, PA | HAIL WAS NEAR RTE 77 AND RTE 408. |
| Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Townville, PA | |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Townville, PA | SOME DAMAGE TO CAR WINDSHIELD. |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Titusville, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Titusville, PA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 4, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101
WFUS51 KCLE 042212
TORCLE
PAC039-042300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0018.100604T2212Z-100604T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
612 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEADVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TITUSVILLE BY 650 PM EDT...
THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
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 4161 7965 4162 7982 4159 7986 4155 7993
4167 8018 4179 8014 4172 7961 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 286DEG 29KT 4168 8006
$$
LOMBARDY2 follow-up statements
109
WWUS51 KCLE 042236
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
636 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010
PAC039-042300-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100604T2300Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
636 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TITUSVILLE BY 650 PM EDT...
ONE AND A QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GUYS MILLS WITH THIS
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4161 7965 4162 7982 4161 7983 4161 7986
4164 7997 4176 7997 4172 7961 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 282DEG 27KT 4168 7982
$$
WILLARD256
WWUS51 KCLE 042304
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
704 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010
PAC039-042314-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100604T2300Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
704 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 700 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4161 7965 4162 7982 4161 7983 4161 7986
4164 7997 4176 7997 4172 7961 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 282DEG 27KT 4168 7981
$$
WILLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 62 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.