Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2012, 10:51 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 24, 2012, 10:51 PM EDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 11:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 24, 11:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Harborcreek, PA | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KCLE 250251
SVRCLE
PAC049-250345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0070.120625T0251Z-120625T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1051 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1048 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 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF ERIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...
NORTH EAST...
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 7969 4212 8016 4215 8014 4218 8011
4218 8007 4216 8006 4224 7989 4227 7979
4226 7975 4201 7975 4200 7960 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 295DEG 32KT 4225 8015
$$
KING2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KCLE 250314
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1114 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
PAC049-250345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120625T0345Z/
ERIE PA-
1114 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 1111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
7 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH EAST...OR 11 MILES EAST OF ERIE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CORRY.
LAT...LON 4185 7969 4212 8016 4215 8014 4218 8011
4218 8007 4216 8006 4224 7989 4227 7979
4226 7975 4201 7975 4200 7960 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 301DEG 36KT 4211 7985
$$
MITCHELL254
WWUS51 KCLE 250328
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1128 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
PAC049-250339-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120625T0345Z/
ERIE PA-
1128 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4185 7969 4212 8016 4215 8014 4218 8011
4218 8007 4216 8006 4224 7989 4227 7979
4226 7975 4201 7975 4200 7960 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 301DEG 36KT 4202 7967
$$
MITCHELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:14 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CLE | Erie | 16 hr |
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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.