Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 5:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Union City, PA | TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Corry, PA | SEVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KCLE 132025
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-132130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0053.210713T2025Z-210713T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
425 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Erie County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Crawford County in northwestern Pennsylvania...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 423 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Girard to Cambridge Springs to near Guys Mills
to near Oil City, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Erie, Corry, Edinboro, Titusville, North East, Union City,
Cambridge Springs, Waterford, Wattsburg, Riceville, Northwest
Harborcreek, Lincolnville, Canadohta Lake, Harborcreek, Lawrence
Park, Wesleyville, Hydetown, Mill Village, McKean and Townville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4227 7976 4201 7976 4199 7961 4162 7961
4162 7982 4157 7988 4156 7991 4187 8011
4208 8033 4214 8021 4221 8015 4222 8007
4220 8004 4227 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 213DEG 39KT 4205 8026 4180 8004 4162 7988 4144
7975
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Sefcovic2 follow-up statements
970
WWUS51 KCLE 132052
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
452 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
PAC039-049-132130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210713T2130Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
452 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE AND NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
At 451 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Northwest Harborcreek to near
Corry to 6 miles northwest of Grand Valley to near Tionesta, moving
northeast at 40 mph. Numerous trees and power lines have been
reported down in Erie and Crawford Counties.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Erie, Corry, Titusville, North East, Union City, Wattsburg,
Riceville, Northwest Harborcreek, Lincolnville, Canadohta Lake,
Harborcreek, Lawrence Park, Wesleyville, Hydetown, Spartansburg,
Elgin and Northwest Harborcr.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 7973 4220 8014 4221 8012 4222 8007
4220 8004 4227 7990 4227 7976 4201 7976
4199 7961 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 212DEG 37KT 4223 8008 4196 7967 4178 7963 4153
7953
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Sefcovic424
WWUS51 KCLE 132101
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
501 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
PAC039-049-132111-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210713T2130Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
501 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE AND NORTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Cleveland.
LAT...LON 4162 7973 4220 8014 4221 8012 4222 8007
4220 8004 4227 7990 4227 7976 4201 7976
4199 7961 4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 213DEG 39KT 4231 8001 4204 7960 4186 7956 4161
7946
$$
SefcovicThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 54 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.