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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 2016Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 77 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
Jul 13, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 12:00 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 604 Nw Cochranton, PAA MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND COCHRANTON MEASURED A 60 MPH WIND GUST FROM HIS ANEMOMETER...REPORT RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA.
Jul 14, 12:15 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGErie, PATREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF ERIE. ONE TREE WAS ON A HOUSE AND ONE TREE WAS ON A CAR.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

544 
WUUS51 KCLE 140313
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-140430-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0033.160714T0313Z-160714T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1113 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1112 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO NEAR NORTH BLOOMFIELD...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ERIE...ASHTABULA...MEADVILLE...CONNEAUT...CORRY...EDINBORO...
  TITUSVILLE...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...GIRARD...
  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...ALBION...LINESVILLE...WATTSBURG...
  LINCOLNVILLE...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...CANADOHTA LAKE...
  GUYS MILLS AND HARMONSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4227 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961 4162 7961
      4162 7982 4149 8000 4149 8052 4197 8052
      4186 8098 4187 8098 4211 8021 4219 8012
      4227 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 258DEG 42KT 4186 8089 4145 8084 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRAY
2 follow-up statements
312 
WWUS51 KCLE 140359
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1159 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

PAC039-049-140430-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160714T0430Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
1159 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES...

AT 1158 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GIRARD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...ASHTABULA...MEADVILLE...CONNEAUT...CORRY...EDINBORO...
TITUSVILLE...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...GIRARD...NORTH KINGSVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...WATTSBURG...LINCOLNVILLE...
CANADOHTA LAKE...GUYS MILLS...RICEVILLE...
NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK AND HARBORCREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7961 4162 7982 4149 8000 4150 8028
      4193 8033 4186 8098 4189 8089 4194 8034
      4206 8034 4211 8020 4219 8012 4227 7983
      4227 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 258DEG 42KT 4196 8025 4155 8020 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRAY
134 
WWUS51 KCLE 140430
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1230 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

PAC039-049-140440-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160714T0430Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
1230 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4162 7961 4162 7982 4149 8000 4150 8028
      4193 8033 4186 8098 4189 8089 4194 8034
      4206 8034 4211 8020 4219 8012 4227 7983
      4227 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 258DEG 42KT 4196 8025 4155 8020 

$$

BRAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:55 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEErie16 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.