Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2012, 12:45 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 28, 2012, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 1:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
156
WFUS51 KCLE 281645
TORCLE
PAC039-281730-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0009.120728T1645Z-120728T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1245 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 1242 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 SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF MEADVILLE. RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
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 4158 7985 4148 8001 4148 8011 4147 8013
4148 8020 4167 8030 4175 8008 4160 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 335DEG 9KT 4163 8014
$$
KIELTYKA1 follow-up statement
649
WWUS51 KCLE 281709
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
109 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
PAC039-281720-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120728T1730Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
109 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4158 7985 4148 8001 4148 8011 4147 8013
4148 8020 4167 8030 4175 8008 4160 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 335DEG 9KT 4157 8010
$$
KIELTYKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.