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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 4, 2017Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2017, 11:40 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2017, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
35 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 Buffalo radar (KBUF), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Sep 5, 12:13 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGSpartansburg, PACRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE SPARTANSBURG AREA.

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2017-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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 2017-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

960 
WUUS51 KCLE 050340
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-050415-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0129.170905T0340Z-170905T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1140 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Erie County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1215 AM EDT

* At 1140 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Corry to Canadohta Lake to near Meadville,
  moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
           trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Meadville, Corry, Titusville, Union City, Cambridge Springs,
  Wattsburg, Riceville, Lincolnville, Canadohta Lake, Saegertown,
  Hydetown, Mill Village, Blooming Valley, Townville, Spartansburg,
  Venango, Elgin and Woodcock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 8026 4200 7988 4201 7976 4200 7975
      4200 7962 4199 7961 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 264DEG 47KT 4193 7968 4181 7981 4171 8008 

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

Mullen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie42 min
Sep 5, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford28 min

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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.