Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 4:49 PM EST for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:49 PM EST (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 21:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 5:21 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Albion, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163
WFUS51 KCLE 142149
TORCLE
PAC049-142230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0025.111114T2149Z-111114T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
449 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 444 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OFFSHORE OF ERIE
COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GIRARD...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THE OTHER STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 WEST OF NORTHEAST ALSO MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE AND 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 7975 4200 7965 4199 7965 4191 8051
4199 8052 4204 8036 4210 8019 4217 8013
4218 8007 4216 8006 4221 7995 4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 264DEG 62KT 4209 8027
$$
MULLEN2 follow-up statements
765
WWUS51 KCLE 142205
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
505 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
PAC049-142230-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-111114T2230Z/
ERIE PA-
505 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 502 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH EAST...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERIE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. A SECOND THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO REMAINS OVER LAKE ERIE TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL COME ONSHORE
AROUND 515 PM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE....
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7975 4200 7965 4199 7965 4191 8051
4199 8052 4204 8036 4210 8019 4217 8013
4218 8007 4216 8006 4221 7995 4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 264DEG 62KT 4218 7989
$$
KUBINA647
WWUS51 KCLE 142234
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
534 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
PAC049-142244-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-111114T2230Z/
ERIE PA-
534 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 530 PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4201 7975 4200 7965 4199 7965 4191 8051
4199 8052 4204 8036 4210 8019 4217 8013
4218 8007 4216 8006 4221 7995 4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 264DEG 62KT 4217 7986
$$
KUBINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 68 min |
| Nov 14, 5:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
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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.