Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:39 AM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 4357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 KCLE 150939 RRA SVRCLE PAC039-151030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 539 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 535 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST ERIE COUNTY BETWEEN UNION CITY AND CORRY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WWAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE OVER OR NEAR SPARTANBURG IN NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GABRIC
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 15, 4:45 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
PAZ001>003-OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 445 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AS WELL AS FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INLAND FROM THE LAKE. A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION'S WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN PUSH WELL INTO THE 90S WITH SOME 100 DEGREE READINGS AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE OHIO. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL YIELD A HEAT INDEX (HI) (OR APPARENT TEMPERATURE) IN THE 105 TO 130 DEGREE RANGE. AN ONSHORE BREEZE OFF OF LAKE ERIE WILL DEVELOP AND KEEP THE LAKESHORE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA....BUT IT WILL STILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE. ALSO...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL PROVIDE SOME LOCALIZED COOLING. HEAT KILLS BY TAXING THE HUMAN BODY BEYOND ITS ABILITIES TO COOL ITSELF. PEOPLE IN THE HIGHER RISK GROUPS EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY FACE SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR EXHAUSTION. EVERYONE SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE IN DRINKING PLENTY OF LIQUIDS AND STAYING OUT OF THE HEAT FOR ANY PROLONGED EXPOSURE. SUNSHINE CAN MAKE HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES 5 TO 10 DEGREES HIGHER ALSO PEOPLE SHOULD INSURE THAT PETS AND FARM ANIMALS HAVE SHADE AND PLENTY OF WATER. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS UNATTENDED IN CARS. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ON THIS HEAT WAVE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:13 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
PAZ001>003-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 513 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 AM EDT. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:16 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
PAZ001>003-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 513 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 AM EDT. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND WIND GUSTS OF 58| MPH OR HIGHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.