Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2011, 3:22 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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
- May 13, 2011, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 19:24 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 13, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Corry, PA | A DOWNED TREE AND A LARGE LIMB. |
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, 7.4 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
604
WUUS51 KCLE 131922
SVRCLE
PAC049-132000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0046.110513T1922Z-110513T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
322 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 318 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 10
MILES WEST OF CORRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 4192 7990 4204 7990 4206 7977 4199 7976
4201 7975 4200 7962 4192 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 266DEG 9KT 4197 7981
$$
KING1 follow-up statement
959
WWUS51 KCLE 131941
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
PAC049-132000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110513T2000Z/
ERIE PA-
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
7 MILES WEST OF CORRY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CORRY.
LAT...LON 4192 7990 4204 7990 4206 7977 4199 7976
4201 7975 4200 7962 4192 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 273DEG 9KT 4196 7975
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 3 hr |
| May 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 4 hr |
| May 13, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 67 min |
| May 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 3 hr |
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.