Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 5:12 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2006, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cochranton, PA | ONE TREE AND SOME LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Warren, PA | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Warren, PA | PEA SIZED HAIL EXPERIENCED WITH THUNDERSTORM WINDS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 222112 SVRCLE PAC039-222215- /O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0207.060622T2112Z-060622T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 512 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF TITUSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE TOWNVILLE...HYDETOWN AND COCHRANTON. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS WHICH MAY BE WASHED OUT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND. LAT...LON 4161 8014 4144 8006 4165 7904 4190 7915 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KCLE 222213 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 613 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAC039-222223- /O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-060622T2215Z/ CRAWFORD PA- 613 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. LAT...LON 4161 8014 4144 8006 4165 7904 4190 7915 $$
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.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 253 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT)... WILL BRIEF GIVEN AMOUNT OF WX GOING ON. WILL BE EXTENDING FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6AM. WILL BE GOING WITH HIGH POPS TONIGHT WITH FRONT MOVING THRU. BIG QUESTION IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW. BOTH GFS AND NAM SHOW FRONT STALLING JUST SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA WITH GFS ACTUALLY DEVELOPING A WAVE AND TRACKING IT NE ALONG BOUNDARY. WITH LACK OF STRONG FLOW ALOFT TO PUSH BOUNDARY OUT OF AREA...THIS STALLING OUT SEEMS REASONABLE. WILL CONT WITH LIKELY POPS S TOMORROW WITH CHC POPS SE HALF FRI NIGHT. GUID TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM (SUN THRU THU)... MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY WITH LONG RANGE FORECAST. APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY QUIET PERIOD WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS MOST OF PERIOD. APPEARS SOME SORT OF NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL GET SET UP ALONG THE EAST COAST DURING PERIOD. THIS BOUNDARY WILL STRETCH FROM NEW ENGLAND TO THE GULF COAST. APPEARS THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS AT LEAST FOR MON AND TUE WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR ENUF LOW LEVEL MOIST TO WARRANT AT LEAST CHC POPS EASTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREAS MON AND ENTIRE AREA OF TUE. FRONT WILL DRIFT BACK E OF WED SO THAT WILL LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES TO ONLY ERN AREAS AGAIN. HI PRES WILL BUILD FROM THE W ON THU CAUSING THE FRONT TO FINALLY DISSIPATE AND RESULTING IN DRY WEATHER FOR ENTIRE AREA. AS STATE ABOVE...TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL DURING THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION(18Z-18Z)... LINE OF TSRA FROM EXTREME NW OH TO SW INDIANA MOVING EAST AT 35-40 KT...EXPECT INTO KCLE BY 5 PM EDT. EXPECT POP CORN TSRA TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. SPC HAS THE FORECAST AREA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE TSRA. BEST CHANCE OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH BEST RISK FOR DOWNBURST WINDS. EXPECT LINE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE E AND NOT HAVE THE TRAINING LIKE LAST NIGHT. FRONT CURRENTLY FROM TOL NE ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE ERIE WILL PUSH SOUTH TONIGHT. EXPECT FNT NR A YNG-MFD BY 12 FRIDAY MORNING. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 6 AM FRI FOR ALL COS. .PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 6 AM FRI FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD. && SHORT TERM...KUBINA LONG TERM...KUBINA AVIATION...DJB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:18 AM EDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 518 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-230930- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON- THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA- SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND- HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW- HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 518 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE... NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM THE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH WITH A FEW EVEN CURRENTLY IN FLOOD IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE MAIN THREAT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL TEND TO BE OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES AS MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS INLAND AWAY FROM THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 25 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.