Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1987, 9:04 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1987, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1987, 9:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Erie, PA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 280104 SVRERI PAC049-280200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 904 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ERIE AT 855 PM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDER STORM IN WESTERN ERIE COUNTY...BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND ALBION v...MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 716 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM FROM SANDUSKY TO ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. AT 713 PM... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE OVER LAKE ERIE AND NORTHEAST OHIO. STORMS WERE SCATTERED AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN LORAIN AND NORTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES BETWEEN 730 AND 8PM. STRONG STORMS CROSSING THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA LINE NEAR CONNEAUT WILL DIMINISH BY 8PM. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY DECREASE THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. A COUPLE OF THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING EXTREME NORTH ANnD NORTHEAST OHIO MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 720 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 715 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE...BETWEEN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG POINT ONTARIO...REACHING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...AND MOVE INTO ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTI,ES OF PENNSYLVANIA...DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:05 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 803 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 8PM... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS JUST POPPED UP 5 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND. ITS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ITS HEADED FOR THE REGION BETWEEN EUCLID AND FAIRPORT HARBOR AND SHOULD HIT THERE WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL BY 830 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT HAS BEEN ON CLEVELAND RADAR THIS EVENING. DRAG SMALL HAIL BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:07 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 803 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 8PM... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS JUST POPPED UP 5 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND. ITS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ITS HEADED FOR THE REGION BETWEEN EUCLID AND FAIRPORT HARBOR AND SHOULD HIT THERE WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL BY 830 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT HAS BEEN ON CLEVELAND RADAR THIS EVENING. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:17 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 813 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 813 PM... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST OFF EUCLID TO THE NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. THIS STORM SHOULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH AS IT HITS IN THE EUCLID...WILLOWICK... FAIRPORT HARBOR AREA BY 830PM. IN ADDITION HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AND IT SHOULD COVER THE GROUND SOMEWHERE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST CUYAHOGA AND AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS THE STRONGEST STORM THAT HAS BEEN ON CLEVELAND RADAR THIS EVENING. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:44 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 841 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 840 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIiS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AT VIRGINIA'S BEACH IN NORTH SPRINGFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.