Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2017, 4:40 PM EDT for Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 min. 5 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 23, 2017, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Greene County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 82 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 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 23, 4:55 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Pine Bank, PA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN GILMORE TOWNSHIP |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Spraggs, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Sw Waynesburg, PA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 5:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Ssw Waynesburg, PA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nw Cassville, PA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
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 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WFUS51 KPBZ 232040
TORPBZ
PAC059-232115-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0008.170623T2040Z-170623T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
440 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Greene County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
* Until 515 PM EDT..
* At 439 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hundred, or 16 miles north of Mannington, moving
east at 45 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...
Waynesburg around 505 PM EDT.
Jefferson Boro around 510 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bobtown, Aleppo, Rogersville, Spraggs, New Freeport, Mount Morris and
Brave.
This includes Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 2
and 16.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, 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 3973 8050 3982 8051 3997 8004 3974 7996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 255DEG 38KT 3976 8045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
342 follow-up statements
215
WWUS51 KPBZ 232057
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
PAC059-232115-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170623T2115Z/
Greene PA-
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
GREENE COUNTY...
At 457 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southwest of Waynesburg, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Waynesburg around 515 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Rogersville, Spraggs, Bobtown, Mount Morris and Brave.
This includes Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 2
and 16.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 8036 3986 8038 3997 8004 3974 7996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 256DEG 25KT 3979 8030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
34971
WWUS51 KPBZ 232115
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
515 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
PAC059-232125-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170623T2115Z/
Greene PA-
515 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GREENE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging wind remain likely, and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
southwestern Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 3973 8036 3986 8038 3997 8004 3974 7996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 255DEG 38KT 3984 8007
$$
34The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Indiana | 24 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Greene | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Allegheny | 3 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.