Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 12:39 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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 3, 2012, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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 3, 12:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Cranesville, PA |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367
WUUS51 KCLE 031639
SVRCLE
PAC049-031715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0030.120503T1639Z-120503T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1239 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1233 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
ALBION...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIRARD...
EDINBORO...
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 4186 8003 4184 8028 4185 8051 4193 8053
4198 8052 4201 8045 4206 8029 4213 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 262DEG 18KT 4193 8039
$$
KING2 follow-up statements
301
WWUS51 KCLE 031659
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1259 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
PAC049-031715-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120503T1715Z/
ERIE PA-
1259 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 1256 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GIRARD...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERIE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED AT 1244 PM IN THE TOWN OF CRANESVILLE ONE INCH
HAIL.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
EDINBORO.
LAT...LON 4213 8013 4186 8003 4184 8023 4185 8029
4189 8036 4196 8037 4206 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 265DEG 19KT 4193 8027
$$
LAPLANTE058
WWUS51 KCLE 031715
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
115 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
PAC049-031724-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120503T1715Z/
ERIE PA-
115 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 115 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4213 8013 4186 8003 4184 8023 4185 8029
4189 8036 4196 8037 4206 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 265DEG 19KT 4194 8016
$$
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 40 min |
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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.