Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 7:53 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min. 3 reports 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
- May 28, 2013, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 N Edinboro, PA | *** 2 INJ *** NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES NORTH OF EDINBORO AND WAS ON THE GROUND INTERMITTENTLY FOR 18 MILES AS IT TRACKED EAST THROUGH UNION CITY. CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH MULTIPLE TREES FALLING ON HOMES. WINDS |
| May 28, 7:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Edinboro, PA | MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP BY POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY PEMA. |
| May 28, 8:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Union City, PA | DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF UNION CITY BY POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY PEMA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731
WFUS51 KCLE 282353
TORCLE
PAC049-290045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.130528T2353Z-130529T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
753 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 751 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
WATERFORD...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF ERIE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
UNION CITY AROUND 805 PM EDT.
CORRY AROUND 820 PM EDT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7975 4200 7960 4185 7961 4185 8013
4209 8022 4212 8016 4217 8013 4218 8007
4216 8006 4224 7989 4224 7985 4228 7978
4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 267DEG 37KT 4192 8001
$$
CLARK4 follow-up statements
830
WWUS51 KCLE 290008
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
808 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
PAC049-290045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
808 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 804 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERFORD...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ERIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A BRIEF TORNADO
WERE REPORTED JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 79.
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
UNION CITY BY 815 PM EDT...
CORRY BY 830 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 8013 4201 8019 4206 7976
4206 7975 4200 7975 4201 7963 4200 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 267DEG 31KT 4192 7993
$$
CLARK906
WWUS51 KCLE 290015
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
PAC049-290045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 812 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE NEAR AND WEST OF
WATERFORD FROM A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION
CITY...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR UNION CITY. TAKE COVER NOW!!!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM 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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 8001 4202 8002 4202 7975
4200 7975 4201 7963 4200 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 267DEG 27KT 4192 7988
$$
CLARK906
WWUS51 KCLE 290039
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
839 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
PAC049-290045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
839 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MAY BE LOCATED
NEAR CORRY...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THERE WERE EARLIER REPORTS OF DAMAGE NEAR WATERFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 7986 4197 7976 4199 7964
4198 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 276DEG 23KT 4189 7968
$$705
WWUS51 KCLE 290046
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
846 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
PAC049-290056-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130529T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
846 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT...
THE STORM IS MOVING INTO WESTERN WARREN COUNTY. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND CORRY.
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 7986 4197 7976 4199 7964
4198 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 276DEG 23KT 4189 7967
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.