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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2010Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 6:25 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 12 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 6, 2010, 6:25 AM EDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2010, 6:37 AM EDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 2:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

443 
WFUS51 KCLE 061025
TORCLE
PAC049-061100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0030.100606T1025Z-100606T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
625 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 623 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORRY...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 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 7978 4186 7978 4197 7979 4199 7961
      4185 7961 4185 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1025Z 251DEG 45KT 4190 7966

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
077 
WWUS51 KCLE 061037
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
637 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

PAC049-061047-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-100606T1100Z/
ERIE PA-
637 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4185 7978 4186 7978 4197 7979 4199 7961
      4185 7961 4185 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 251DEG 45KT 4194 7947

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie5 hr
Jun 6, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie50 min
Jun 6, 4:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementCLEErie16 hr
Jun 6, 5:55 AM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford65 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every tornado warning in 2010Tornadoes in 2010

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.