Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 5:55 AM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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 6, 2010, 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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 6, 6:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Linesville, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 6, 6:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Spartansburg, PA | TREES DOWN, DAMAGE TO FEW BUILDINGS. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
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 6, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468
WFUS51 KCLE 060955
TORCLE
PAC039-061100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0029.100606T0955Z-100606T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
555 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 552 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ANDOVER...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
JEFFERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINESVILLE...
MEADVILLE...
TITUSVILLE...
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 7963 4162 7982 4152 7998 4148 8001
4149 8051 4150 8053 4175 8052 4182 7962
4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 271DEG 47KT 4157 8065
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
050
WWUS51 KCLE 061039
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
639 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
PAC039-061100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-100606T1100Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
639 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 633 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...TITUSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4161 7963 4162 7982 4152 7998 4148 8001
4148 8015 4178 8019 4182 7962 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 271DEG 47KT 4156 7990
$$
MITCHELL569
WWUS51 KCLE 061058
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
658 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
PAC039-061109-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-100606T1100Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
658 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 700 AM EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4161 7963 4162 7982 4152 7998 4148 8001
4148 8015 4178 8019 4182 7962 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 271DEG 47KT 4155 7953
$$
FITZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 4:11 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CLE | Erie | 16 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 12 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.