Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT for Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Forest County, PA, Venango County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS51 KPBZ 172340
TORPBZ
PAC053-121-180015-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0010.160917T2340Z-160918T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
740 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
WEST CENTRAL FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT..
* AT 740 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
FRANKLIN AROUND 750 PM EDT.
OIL CITY AROUND 805 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND HEIGHTS...ROUSEVILLE...POLK...KENNERDELL...SENECA...
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP...HASSON HEIGHTS AND OIL CREEK STATE PARK.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
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 4155 7960 4139 7946 4138 7948 4134 7948
4134 7954 4133 7954 4132 7958 4132 7960
4131 7961 4125 7992 4136 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 241DEG 28KT 4132 7990
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
037
WWUS51 KPBZ 172349
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
749 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
PAC053-121-180015-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160918T0015Z/
VENANGO PA-FOREST PA-
749 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
VENANGO AND WEST CENTRAL FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 749 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OIL CITY AROUND 805 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND HEIGHTS...HASSON HEIGHTS...ROUSEVILLE...SENECA...CRANBERRY
TOWNSHIP AND OIL CREEK STATE PARK.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4155 7960 4139 7946 4138 7948 4134 7948
4134 7954 4133 7954 4132 7958 4132 7960
4131 7961 4131 7983 4139 7991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 241DEG 28KT 4135 7982
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$341
WWUS51 KPBZ 180000
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
800 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
PAC053-121-180015-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160918T0015Z/
VENANGO PA-FOREST PA-
800 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN VENANGO AND WEST CENTRAL FOREST COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OIL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN VENANGO AND WEST CENTRAL FOREST COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: WOODLAND HEIGHTS...HASSON HEIGHTS...
ROUSEVILLE...SENECA...CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP AND OIL CREEK STATE PARK.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
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 4155 7960 4139 7946 4138 7948 4134 7948
4134 7954 4133 7954 4133 7960 4131 7961
4134 7971 4143 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 240DEG 29KT 4140 7971
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$709
WWUS51 KPBZ 180011
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
811 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
PAC053-121-180020-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160918T0015Z/
VENANGO PA-FOREST PA-
811 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VENANGO AND WEST CENTRAL
FOREST COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4155 7960 4139 7946 4138 7948 4134 7948
4134 7954 4133 7954 4133 7960 4131 7961
4134 7971 4143 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 241DEG 28KT 4144 7962
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Venango | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 37 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.