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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 27, 2011Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 3:46 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
Apr 27, 2011, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 4:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMeadville, PASEVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

109 
WUUS51 KCLE 271946
SVRCLE
PAC039-272045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.110427T1946Z-110427T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
346 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF LINESVILLE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEADVILLE...
  LINESVILLE...
  TITUSVILLE...
  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...
  SPARTANSBURG...

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 4161 7965 4162 7982 4160 7984 4158 7990
      4151 8000 4149 7999 4148 8003 4148 8042
      4149 8045 4148 8046 4148 8050 4184 8052
      4185 7962 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 203DEG 45KT 4146 8042

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
915 
WWUS51 KCLE 272047
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
447 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

PAC039-272056-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110427T2045Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
447 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST 
PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 445 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE 
MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA INTO ERIE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4161 7965 4162 7982 4160 7984 4158 7990
      4151 8000 4149 7999 4148 8003 4148 8042
      4149 8045 4148 8046 4148 8050 4184 8052
      4185 7962 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 203DEG 45KT 4145 8042

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.