Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2017, 6:37 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 68 min. 4 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 18, 2017, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 18, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saegertown, PA | ONE TREE DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. |
| Jun 18, 7:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Union City, PA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS. |
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Meadville, PA | ONE TREE DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. |
| Jun 18, 7:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Wattsburg, PA | TREE DOWN. |
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 18, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
449
WUUS51 KCLE 182237
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-182345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0070.170618T2237Z-170618T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
637 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Erie County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
* Until 745 PM EDT
* At 637 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Erie to Harmonsburg to near Cortland, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Erie, Meadville, Corry, Edinboro, Titusville, North East, Union
City, Cambridge Springs, Waterford, Wattsburg, Canadohta Lake,
Riceville, Northwest Harborcreek, Lincolnville, Guys Mills,
Harborcreek, Lawrence Park, Wesleyville, Cochranton and Saegertown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4229 7978 4227 7976 4201 7976 4199 7961
4162 7961 4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8030
4207 8028 4222 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 262DEG 35KT 4207 8015 4167 8031 4134 8066
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mullen3 follow-up statements
027
WWUS51 KCLE 182309
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
709 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
PAC039-049-182345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-170618T2345Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
709 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
At 709 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near North East to Wattsburg to near Lincolnville to
near Meadville to 6 miles east of Greenville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Meadville, Corry, Edinboro, Titusville, North East, Union City,
Cambridge Springs, Waterford, Wattsburg, Canadohta Lake, Riceville,
Lincolnville, Guys Mills, Northwest Harborcreek, Harborcreek,
Cochranton, Saegertown, Hydetown, Mill Village and Blooming Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4227 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961 4162 7961
4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8030 4165 8028
4224 7992 4227 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 255DEG 34KT 4225 7982 4200 7977 4173 7990 4161
8013 4143 8027
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mullen739
WWUS51 KCLE 182334
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
734 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
PAC039-049-182345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-170618T2345Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
734 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
At 733 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Corry to near Riceville to 7 miles east of Guys
Mills to near Cochranton, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Meadville, Corry, Titusville, Union City, Riceville, Lincolnville,
Canadohta Lake, Guys Mills, Cochranton, Hydetown, Mill Village,
Blooming Valley, Townville, Spartansburg, Elgin and Geneva.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7986 4199 7961 4162 7961 4162 7982
4149 8000 4148 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 243DEG 48KT 4229 7952 4211 7941 4182 7958 4177
7974 4165 7984 4147 7997
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mullen979
WWUS51 KCLE 182345
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
745 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
PAC039-049-182355-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-170618T2345Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
745 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND EASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northwestern Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 4200 7986 4199 7961 4162 7961 4162 7982
4149 8000 4148 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 262DEG 35KT 4230 7939 4212 7928 4183 7945 4178
7961 4166 7971 4148 7984
$$
MullenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 11 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 4 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.