Thunderstorm Wind — Erie, Pennsylvania

2023-09-06 · near Wesleyville, Erie, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Large tree limb snapped at Penn State Behrend Campus in Erie, PA area.

Wider weather episode

Northwest PA resided in a warm and very humid air mass during the late morning through early evening of the 6th as a cold front approached slowly from the western Great Lakes. A line of multicell thunderstorms persisted eastward along a pre-front surface trough axis and generated localized straight-line convective wind damage in the Erie area as the storms encountered moderate MUCAPE, DCAPE, and effective bulk shear, respectively, in northwest PA.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1164870. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.