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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 1991Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1991, 4:12 AM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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
Jul 7, 1991, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1991, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 5:00 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Warren, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1991-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1991-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KERI 070814
SVRERI
PAC123-070915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
412 AM EDT SUN JUL 7 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 410 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY JUST TO THE EAST OF CORRY. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM ARE YOUNGSVILLE AND WARREN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY" RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Jul 7, 2:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PAZ001-070900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
249 AM EDT SUN JUL 07 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE DURING
THE PAST HOUR.  THE STORMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF
CONNEAUT OHIO AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STROND GUSTY WINDS, DEADLY LIGHTNING,
AND SMALL HAIL.

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAMBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
Jul 7, 5:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie58 min
Jul 7, 5:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford58 min
Jul 7, 6:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie60 min
Jul 7, 6:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford63 min
Jul 7, 7:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.