Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:34 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
- May 25, 2011, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577
WFUS51 KCLE 260034
TORCLE
PAC049-260130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0014.110526T0034Z-110526T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
834 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONNEAUT...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ASHTABULA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBION...
GIRARD...
ERIE...
NORTH EAST...
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 4201 7977 4186 8040 4185 8052 4199 8051
4211 8018 4216 8014 4217 8010 4215 8008
4215 8004 4222 7993 4222 7990 4223 7989
4223 7985 4227 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 250DEG 33KT 4195 8047
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
591
WWUS51 KCLE 260055
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
855 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
PAC049-260130-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110526T0130Z/
ERIE PA-
855 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR ERIE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
GIRARD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
AT 832 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR LAKE CITY.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...ERIE AND
NORTH EAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7977 4186 8040 4202 8041 4211 8018
4216 8014 4217 8010 4215 8008 4215 8004
4222 7993 4222 7990 4223 7989 4223 7985
4227 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 243DEG 42KT 4207 8026
$$
LAPLANTE810
WWUS51 KCLE 260136
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
936 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
PAC049-260146-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110526T0130Z/
ERIE PA-
936 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4201 7977 4186 8040 4202 8041 4211 8018
4216 8014 4217 8010 4215 8008 4215 8004
4222 7993 4222 7990 4223 7989 4223 7985
4227 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 243DEG 42KT 4207 8026
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 10 hr |
| May 25, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 67 min |
| May 26, 11:02 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 11 hr |
| May 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 66 min |
| May 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 52 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 4 hr |
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.