Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT for Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 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 1, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WFUS51 KPBZ 012145
TORPBZ
PAC063-065-012230-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0002.120601T2145Z-120601T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN INDIANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
CHERRY TREE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHERRY TREE... GLEN CAMPBELL...
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. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4062 7887 4071 7908 4107 7881 4106 7880
4081 7880 4072 7879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 210DEG 31KT 4076 7890
$$
982 follow-up statements
186 WWUS51 KPBZ 012159 SVSPBZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 559 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 PAC063-065-012230- /O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120601T2230Z/ INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA- 559 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR JEFFERSON AND INDIANA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN CAMPBELL... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLEN CAMPBELL... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4082 7898 4104 7880 4081 7880 4072 7879 TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 214DEG 26KT 4084 7882 $$
567 WWUS51 KPBZ 012211 SVSPBZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 611 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 PAC063-065-012221- /O.CAN.KPBZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120601T2230Z/ INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA- 611 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND INDIANA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4082 7898 4104 7880 4081 7880 4072 7879 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 214DEG 26KT 4091 7875 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Indiana | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.