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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 25, 2022Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2022, 1:20 AM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 10 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: Jul 25, 2022, 1:20 AM EDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2022, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

435 
WFUS51 KCLE 250520
TORCLE
PAC039-250545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0011.220725T0520Z-220725T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
120 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 145 AM EDT.
    
* At 119 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Grand Valley, or 21 miles north of Oil City,
  moving east at 40 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 Crawford County, including the following locations...
  Hydetown.

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 4162 7982 4161 7983 4161 7984 4180 7978
      4183 7961 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 259DEG 34KT 4173 7963 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Saunders

1 follow-up statement

991 
WWUS51 KCLE 250530
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
130 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

PAC039-250539-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-220725T0545Z/
Crawford PA-
130 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4162 7982 4161 7983 4161 7984 4180 7978
      4183 7961 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 259DEG 34KT 4175 7950 

$$

Saunders

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	49 min
Jul 24, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	43 min
Jul 25, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	48 min
Jul 25, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Erie	3 hr
Jul 25, 12:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	35 min
Jul 25, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	69 min
Jul 25, 12:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.