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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 2021Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 10:21 AM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
39 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 Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

193 
WUUS51 KCLE 291421
SVRCLE
PAC039-049-291500-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0061.210729T1421Z-210729T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1021 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 1100 AM EDT.

* At 1021 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Northwest Harborcreek to 9 miles east of
  Atlantic, 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 4162 7961 4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8029
      4211 8027 4214 8021 4216 8019 4227 7976
      4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 274DEG 36KT 4220 7998 4148 8016 

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

Saunders
2 follow-up statements
013 
WWUS51 KCLE 291450
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1050 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

PAC039-049-291500-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210729T1500Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
1050 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

At 1050 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Findley Lake to near Sugarcreek, moving east at
40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Corry, Titusville, Union City, Wattsburg, Riceville, Lincolnville,
Canadohta Lake, Guys Mills, Cochranton, Hydetown, Mill Village,
Blooming Valley, Townville, Spartansburg and Elgin.

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 4149 8012
      4200 7992 4217 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 274DEG 36KT 4218 7968 4146 7987 

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

Saunders
874 
WWUS51 KCLE 291501
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1101 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

PAC039-049-291511-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210729T1500Z/
Erie PA-Crawford PA-
1101 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...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.

LAT...LON 4162 7961 4162 7982 4149 8000 4149 8012
      4200 7992 4217 7977 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 274DEG 36KT 4218 7961 4146 7980 

$$

Saunders

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 10:05 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEErie28 hr
Jul 29, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Erie28 min
Jul 29, 11:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie3 hr
Jul 29, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie40 min
Jul 29, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Erie27 min
Jul 29, 12:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford3 hr
Jul 29, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford29 min
Jul 29, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.