Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2013, 2:56 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Conneaut Lake, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WFUS51 KCLE 081856
TORCLE
PAC039-081945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0027.130808T1856Z-130808T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
256 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINESVILLE...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADVILLE 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 7982 4159 7984 4148 8001 4148 8011
4147 8013 4148 8042 4174 8038 4177 7960
4161 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 293DEG 16KT 4158 8028
$$
SJAMISON3 follow-up statements
153
WWUS51 KCLE 081909
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
309 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
PAC039-081945-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130808T1945Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
309 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STRONG
STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...GENEVA...
CUSTARDS...AND COCHRANTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4161 7982 4159 7984 4148 8001 4148 8011
4147 8013 4148 8042 4174 8038 4177 7960
4161 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 293DEG 16KT 4156 8021
$$
SJAMISON661
WWUS51 KCLE 081924
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
324 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
PAC039-081945-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130808T1945Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
324 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF MEADVILLE NEAR CUSTARDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGE AS SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED
DOWN NEAR CONNEAUT LAKE.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...COCHRANTON.
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 4148 8032 4171 8029 4174 7960 4161 7962
4161 7982 4159 7984 4148 8001 4148 8011
4147 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 293DEG 16KT 4155 8013
$$
SJAMISON316
WWUS51 KCLE 081943
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
PAC039-081953-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130808T1945Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
343 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 345 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4148 8032 4171 8029 4174 7960 4161 7962
4161 7982 4159 7984 4148 8001 4148 8011
4147 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 293DEG 16KT 4151 8002
$$
SJAMISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | 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.