Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Jun 5, 2016, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Union City, PA | TREES AND POWER OUTAGES WITH TREE DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS. FLAGPOLE SNAPPED. |
| Jun 5, 4:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Spartansburg, PA | TREES DOWNED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
573
WFUS51 KCLE 052004
TORCLE
PAC039-049-052045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.160605T2004Z-160605T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
404 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 403 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CANADOHTA LAKE AND LINCOLNVILLE AROUND 415 PM EDT.
UNION CITY AND RICEVILLE AROUND 420 PM EDT.
CORRY AROUND 435 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SPARTANSBURG...ELGIN...MILL VILLAGE...CENTERVILLE...WOODCOCK AND BLOOMING
VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4170 7961 4168 8002 4184 8015 4200 7969
4200 7962 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 258DEG 32KT 4180 8000
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CLARK2 follow-up statements
232
WWUS51 KCLE 052021
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
421 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC039-049-052045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160605T2045Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
421 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTIES...
AT 420 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CANADOHTA LAKE...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CORRY AROUND 430 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SPARTANSBURG...ELGIN AND CENTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4170 7961 4172 7990 4186 7986 4192 7978
4194 7969 4196 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 257DEG 39KT 4183 7977
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CLARK689
WWUS51 KCLE 052037
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
437 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC039-049-052046-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160605T2045Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
437 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
ERIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4170 7961 4172 7990 4186 7986 4192 7978
4194 7969 4196 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 258DEG 32KT 4183 7977
$$
CLARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 31 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.