Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 1:25 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
- May 3, 2012, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 2:05 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), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
776
WUUS51 KCLE 031725
SVRCLE
PAC049-031830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0031.120503T1725Z-120503T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
125 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 118 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
WATERFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 4185 7991 4185 7998 4185 8017 4207 8015
4209 7976 4200 7975 4201 7961 4200 7960
4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 271DEG 23KT 4198 8002
$$
LOMBARDY2 follow-up statements
308
WWUS51 KCLE 031748
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
148 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
PAC049-031830-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120503T1830Z/
ERIE PA-
148 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR UNION CITY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CORRY.
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 8017 4208 7995 4209 7976
4200 7975 4201 7961 4200 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 271DEG 23KT 4197 7982
$$
LOMBARDY334
WWUS51 KCLE 031805
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
205 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
PAC049-031815-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120503T1830Z/
ERIE PA-
205 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 4185 7961 4185 8017 4208 7995 4209 7976
4200 7975 4201 7961 4200 7960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 271DEG 23KT 4192 7976
$$
LOMBARDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.