Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2015, 3:57 PM EDT for Crawford 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
- Sep 3, 2015, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Meadville, PA | TWO TREES DOWN IN SUMMIT AND VERNON TWP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136
WUUS51 KCLE 031957
SVRCLE
PAC039-032045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0101.150903T1957Z-150903T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
357 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 356 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDINBORO TO NEAR GUYS MILLS...AND ARE NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADVILLE...TITUSVILLE...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...LINESVILLE...
RICEVILLE...LINCOLNVILLE...ADAMSVILLE...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...
CANADOHTA LAKE...PYMATUNING NORTH...ATLANTIC...GUYS MILLS...
HARMONSBURG...COCHRANTON...SAEGERTOWN...CONNEAUTVILLE...CONNEAUT
LAKE...JAMESTOWN...HYDETOWN AND SPRINGBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7982 4158 7986 4157 7989
4149 8000 4148 8013 4149 8052 4185 8052
4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 268DEG 3KT 4182 8014 4160 8005
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAMISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 3 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.