Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. 9 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 4, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 4, 12:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ssw Erie, PA | HAIL WAS IN MILL CREEK. |
| Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 4, 12:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 4, 12:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 4, 12:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Erie, PA | SOME TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 4, 12:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waterford, PA | SOME TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 4, 12:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Waterford, PA | |
| Jun 4, 12:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mill Village, PA | SOME TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746
WUUS51 KCLE 041602
SVRCLE
PAC049-041700-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0112.110604T1602Z-110604T1700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1202 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT NOON EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ERIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...
NORTH EAST...
EDINBORO...
WATERFORD...
UNION CITY...
CORRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4228 7976 4201 7975 4200 7964 4189 7960
4185 7961 4185 8011 4202 8039 4210 8019
4217 8013 4218 8007 4216 8006 4223 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 302DEG 40KT 4219 8015
$$
KIELTYKA1 follow-up statement
418
WWUS51 KCLE 041656
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1256 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
PAC049-041706-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110604T1700Z/
ERIE PA-
1256 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 100 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4228 7976 4201 7975 4200 7964 4189 7960
4185 7961 4185 8011 4202 8039 4210 8019
4217 8013 4218 8007 4216 8006 4223 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 302DEG 40KT 4187 7947
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.