Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1997, 2:36 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 69 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
- May 6, 1997, 2:36 AM EDT (06:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1997, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:20 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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
- 1825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 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 060638 RRA SVRCLE PAC049-060745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 236 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...ERIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CONNEAUT MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR ERIE AROUND 300 AM EDT. LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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 YOUdR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MILLER
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, May 5, 10:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ002>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1018 PM EDT MON MAY 5 1997 THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING TO SPEEDS OF ONLY 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATER TONIGHT ELIMINATING ANY CHANCE FOR FURTHER WIND DAMAGE. THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS HAS MOVED FURTHER NORTH INTO CANADA AWAY FROM OUR AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY STRONG WINDS DURING THE STORMS BUT NO DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. ADAMS
Special weather statement, May 5, 10:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
OHZ002>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1018 PM EDT MON MAY 5 1997 THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING TO SPEEDS OF ONLY 20 TO 30 MPH AND WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATER TONIGHT ELIMINATING ANY CHANCE FOR FURTHER WIND DAMAGE. THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS HAS MOVED FURTHER NORTH INTO CANADA AWAY FROM OUR AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY STRONG WINDS DURING THE STORMS BUT NO DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. ADAMS
Local storm report, May 6, 12:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1230 AM EDT TUE MAY 06 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM METAMORA OH DIME SIZE HAIL
05/05/97 FULTONLocal storm report, May 6, 12:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1230 AM EDT TUE MAY 06 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM METAMORA OH DIME SIZE HAIL
05/05/97 FULTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.