Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2019, 4:59 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 16, 2019, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Mercer County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Sharon, PA | SMALL SIGN TRAILER OVER-TURNED ALONG STR 62 |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Sharon, PA | AN EF1 TORNADO IN TRUMBULL COUNTY CROSSED INTO MERCER COUNTY BEFORE DISSIPATING, CAUSING HIGH-END EF0 DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO TREES. A PENNDOT TRAILER WAS TIPPED OVER, TREES WERE TOPPED, AND SOME WERE SNAPPED IN SHARON AND FARRELL. MOST TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG |
| Jun 16, 5:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Sharon, PA | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG STR 62 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385
WFUS51 KPBZ 162059
TORPBZ
PAC085-162130-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.190616T2059Z-190616T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
459 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Mercer County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
* Until 530 PM EDT..
* At 458 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Sharon, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Mercer County, including the following locations...
Clark, Fredonia, Mercer and Wheatland.
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 7
and 17.
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 4137 8019 4113 8018 4121 8052 4130 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 266DEG 27KT 4124 8050
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
455
WWUS51 KPBZ 162115
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
515 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019
PAC085-162130-
/O.CON.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190616T2130Z/
Mercer PA-
515 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY...
At 514 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hermitage, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Hermitage... Mercer...
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 9
and 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Please report severe weather by calling 412-262-1988, posting to
the NWS Pittsburgh Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSPITTSBURGH.
&&
LAT...LON 4113 8018 4120 8041 4129 8035 4132 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 266DEG 27KT 4125 8033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$596
WWUS51 KPBZ 162132
SVSPBZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
532 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019
PAC085-162142-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190616T2130Z/
Mercer PA-
532 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The tornadic thunderstorm that prompted the warning has moved out of
the area. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4113 8018 4120 8041 4129 8035 4132 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 266DEG 27KT 4126 8016
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Venango | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Butler, Mercer | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion | 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.