Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2011, 8:05 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2011, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808
WUUS51 KCLE 160005
SVRCLE
PAC049-160045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0248.110816T0005Z-110816T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
805 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 803 PM 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 6 MILES
WEST OF NORTH EAST...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 4227 7975 4201 7975 4200 7961 4199 7960
4185 7961 4185 8004 4216 8004 4221 7995
4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 004DEG 17KT 4219 7995
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
053
WWUS51 KCLE 160033
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
833 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
PAC049-160045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-110816T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
833 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY...OR 6 MILES EAST OF ERIE...MOVING SOUTH AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE....WATERFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4221 7983 4198 7989 4201 8004 4216 8004
4221 7995 4222 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 015DEG 9KT 4214 7998
$$
THOMPSON310
WWUS51 KCLE 160046
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
846 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
PAC049-160056-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-110816T0045Z/
ERIE PA-
846 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 845 PM EDT...
..HOWEVER...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4221 7983 4198 7989 4201 8004 4216 8004
4221 7995 4222 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 357DEG 47KT 4218 7999
$$
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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.