Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2016, 9:43 PM EDT for Butler County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 18 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
- Aug 25, 2016, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2016, 10:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Butler County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 25, 9:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Evans City, PA | TREES DOWN AT SPITHALER SCHOOL RD AND BROWNSDALE RD |
| Aug 25, 9:47 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ene Evans City, PA | EF0 TORNADO |
| Aug 25, 9:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Evans City, PA | NEAR INTERSECTION OF REIBOLD AND BROWNSDALE ROADS. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF BARN AND SHED. |
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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted.
366
WFUS51 KPBZ 260143
TORPBZ
PAC019-260215-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0005.160826T0143Z-160826T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
943 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 943 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANS CITY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BUTLER... MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
HOMEACRE-LYNDORA AROUND 950 PM EDT.
BUTLER...MEADOWOOD AND OAK HILLS AROUND 955 PM EDT.
SARVER AND FREEPORT AROUND 1015 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SAXONBURG...CONNOQUENESSING...VALENCIA...CALLERY...NIXON AND EAST
BUTLER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79
AND 81.
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 4067 7969 4067 7998 4070 8011 4088 8008
4087 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 277DEG 21KT 4078 8000
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
365
WWUS51 KPBZ 260152
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
952 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
PAC019-260215-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160826T0215Z/
BUTLER PA-
952 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...
AT 952 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OAK HILLS...OR NEAR BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BUTLER AND MEADOWOOD AROUND 1000 PM EDT.
SARVER AROUND 1015 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SAXONBURG...NIXON AND EAST BUTLER.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 4 1 2...2 6 2...1 9 8 8...
POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 7969 4067 7986 4071 8000 4088 7996
4087 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 266DEG 21KT 4079 7993
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$142
WWUS51 KPBZ 260201
SVSPBZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
PAC019-260210-
/O.CAN.KPBZ.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160826T0215Z/
BUTLER PA-
1001 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PITTSBURGH.
LAT...LON 4067 7969 4067 7986 4071 8000 4088 7996
4087 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 277DEG 21KT 4078 7986
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 10:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Westmoreland | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Washington | 33 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.