Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2013, 4:38 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 23, 2013, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645
WFUS51 KCLE 232038
TORCLE
PAC039-232115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0023.130723T2038Z-130723T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION CITY...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MEADVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANSBURG AND TITUSVILLE.
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 4161 7962 4161 7964 4175 8005 4185 8000
4185 7966 4184 7960 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 282DEG 26KT 4181 7987
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
552
WWUS51 KCLE 232058
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
458 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
PAC039-232115-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130723T2115Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
458 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SPARTANSBURG...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF OIL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE....
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4161 7962 4161 7964 4165 7972 4183 7974
4185 7966 4184 7960 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 282DEG 26KT 4176 7963
$$
LAPLANTE776
WWUS51 KCLE 232109
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
509 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
PAC039-232120-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130723T2115Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
509 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4161 7962 4161 7964 4165 7972 4183 7974
4185 7966 4184 7960 4162 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 282DEG 26KT 4174 7953
$$
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:37 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 5 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.