Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 9:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Linesville, PA | TREES DOWN AT WEST CENTER ROAD AND MAPLE ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258
WUUS51 KCLE 100016
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-100115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0166.120810T0016Z-120810T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
816 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 811 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 NEAR
LINESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...
ALBION...
EDINBORO...
GIRARD...
WATERFORD...
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 4211 7980 4156 8038 4163 8052 4198 8052
4210 8019 4218 8011 4218 8007 4216 8006
4219 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 214DEG 28KT 4169 8040
$$
KING2 follow-up statements
124
WWUS51 KCLE 100046
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
846 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
PAC039-100056-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
846 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4201 8000 4184 8027 4185 8038 4198 8049
4210 8019 4218 8011 4218 8007 4216 8006
4219 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 214DEG 28KT 4188 8029
$$
PAC049-100115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
ERIE PA-
846 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 842 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
NEAR ALBION...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GIRARD
AND ERIE.
LAT...LON 4201 8000 4184 8027 4185 8038 4198 8049
4210 8019 4218 8011 4218 8007 4216 8006
4219 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 214DEG 28KT 4188 8029
$$
ADAMS859
WWUS51 KCLE 100104
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
904 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
PAC049-100115-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120810T0115Z/
ERIE PA-
904 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 4201 8000 4184 8027 4185 8038 4198 8049
4210 8019 4218 8011 4218 8007 4216 8006
4219 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 214DEG 28KT 4200 8018
$$
ADAMSNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.