Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 3:28 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 12, 2015, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 12, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Erie, PA | TREES DOWN ACROSS CITY OF ERIE. MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700
WUUS51 KCLE 121928
SVRCLE
PAC049-122015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.150612T1928Z-150612T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
328 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 327 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWEST
HARBORCREEK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ERIE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...NORTH EAST...WATERFORD...WATTSBURG...NORTHWEST
HARBORCREEK...HARBORCREEK...LAWRENCE PARK...WESLEYVILLE...MCKEAN...
ELGIN...FAIRVIEW...NORTHWEST HARBORCR AND MIDDLEBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7976 4200 7962 4190 7961 4197 8033
4209 8021 4212 8013 4213 8015 4213 8012
4214 8009 4215 8011 4214 8014 4217 8012
4217 8008 4215 8010 4215 8006 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 259DEG 45KT 4212 7991
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KO2 follow-up statements
311
WWUS51 KCLE 121944
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
PAC049-122015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150612T2015Z/
ERIE PA-
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY...
AT 343 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF
ERIE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF WATTSBURG MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH EAST...WATERFORD...WATTSBURG...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...
HARBORCREEK AND ELGIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7976 4200 7962 4190 7961 4194 8007
4210 7999 4219 7997 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 259DEG 39KT 4212 7978
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KO702
WWUS51 KCLE 122008
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
408 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
PAC049-122017-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150612T2015Z/
ERIE PA-
408 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4201 7976 4200 7962 4190 7961 4194 8007
4210 7999 4219 7997 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 259DEG 45KT 4212 7978
$$
KOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.