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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 1994Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 1:12 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1994, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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.

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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 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 131714 RRA
SVRERI
PAC049-131815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
112 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND AJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS
 
 
RADAR AT 110 PM EDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN
ERIE COUNTY.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
WESTERN ONE-HALF OF ERIE COUNTY BETWEEN 115 PM AND 145 PM.
 
THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
ASHTABULA COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:12 PM EDT, 1 hour before

STORM REPORT UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1212 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 11 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
0830  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY.

0833  EDT    SEVERAL REPORTS FROM SKYWARN OBSERVERS OVER CENTRAL
             AND EASTERN ERIE COUNTY..HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1.2 INCHES
             IN 35 MINUTES AT 29TH ST. AND MAPLE STREET. LOWLYING
             FLODING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS.

0835  EDT   SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED MARBLE SIZED AT NORCROSS RD.
            IN BELLE VALLEY.

0838  EDT   SKYWARN REPORTED DIME AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL OVER THE EASTERN
            PART OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
0857  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED 1.2 INCH HAIL 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF I-90 IN
             GREEN TOWNSHIP.

1527  EDT    SKYWARN REPORT MARBLE SIZED HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF CONNEAUT
             LAKE IN CRAWFROD COUNTY

1548  EDT    QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
             AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.  REPORT BY EMA OFFICE

1605  EDT    SKYWARN REPORT SMALL TREES DOWN EAST OF LINESVILLE IN
             CRAWFORD COUNTY

1615  EDT    * NWS STORM SURVEY COMPLETED...CONFIRMED SPORADIC F1 TORNADO
             IN A PATH ABOUT 6 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO
             OCCURRED IN BLOOMING VALLEY...NORTHEAST OF MEADVILLE IN
             CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY.

1855  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED PEA TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL IN KENNERDELL
             IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY.

*...AMENDED F2 TORNADO TO F1 AFTER FURTHER STORM ASSESSMENT.
WSO/ERI

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:15 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

STORM REPORT UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1212 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 11 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
0830  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY.

0833  EDT    SEVERAL REPORTS FROM SKYWARN OBSERVERS OVER CENTRAL
             AND EASTERN ERIE COUNTY..HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1.2 INCHES
             IN 35 MINUTES AT 29TH ST. AND MAPLE STREET. LOWLYING
             FLODING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS.

0835  EDT   SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED MARBLE SIZED AT NORCROSS RD.
            IN BELLE VALLEY.

0838  EDT   SKYWARN REPORTED DIME AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL OVER THE EASTERN
            PART OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
0857  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED 1.2 INCH HAIL 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF I-90 IN
             GREEN TOWNSHIP.

1527  EDT    SKYWARN REPORT MARBLE SIZED HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF CONNEAUT
             LAKE IN CRAWFROD COUNTY

1548  EDT    QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
             AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.  REPORT BY EMA OFFICE

1605  EDT    SKYWARN REPORT SMALL TREES DOWN EAST OF LINESVILLE IN
             CRAWFORD COUNTY

1615  EDT    * NWS STORM SURVEY COMPLETED...CONFIRMED SPORADIC F1 TORNADO
             IN A PATH ABOUT 6 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. TORNADO
             OCCURRED IN BLOOMING VALLEY...NORTHEAST OF MEADVILLE IN
        0     CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY.

1855  EDT    SKYWARN REPORTED PEA TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL IN KENNERDELL
             IN SOUTHERN VENANGO COUNTY.

*...AMENDED F2 TORNADO TO F1 AFTER FURTHER STORM ASSESSMENT.
WSO/ERI

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:19 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

OHZ007>-014-018>020-131800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1219 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LAKE ERIE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FROM
PORT CLINTON TO CONNEAUT.

AT 1215 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTRORMS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST FROM
CLEVELAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS ONSHORE IN EASTERN LAKE AND
WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNRTES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO BY 1 PM.
AS THE STORMS MOVE ONSHORE...EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION.

GABRIC

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

OHZ007>-014-018>020-131800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1219 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LAKE ERIE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FROM
PORT CLINTON TO CONNEAUT.

AT 1215 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTRORMS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST FROM
CLEVELAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS ONSHORE IN EASTERN LAKE AND
WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNRTES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO BY 1 PM.
AS THE STORMS MOVE ONSHORE...EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

IF TnHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION.

GABRIC

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:42 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PAZ004-005-008-009-010-131740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1237 AM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES
   IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY TO NORTHEAST CLARION COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST
STORM...LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY...PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVED THROUGH VENANGO COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL VENANGO COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR AND MAYBE
SOME SMALL HAIL.

STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

AS THE ATMSOPHERE CONTINUES TO WARM UP THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG. SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

LAMBERT/PAONE

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PAZ004-005-008-009-010-131740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1237 AM EDT MON JUN 13 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES
   IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1235 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY TO NORTHEAST CLARION COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST
STORM...LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN FOREST COUNTY...PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVED THROUGH VENANGO COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL VENANGO COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR AND MAYBE
SOME SMALL HAIL.

STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

AS THE ATMSOPHERE CONTINUES TO WARM UP THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG. SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAMBERT/PAONE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	67 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Potter	29 min
Jun 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	57 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	59 min
Jun 13, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	60 min
Jun 13, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	McKean	40 min
Jun 13, 7:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Warren	60 min
Jun 13, 7:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	McKean	68 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.