NWS Cleveland OHSV.W 0261September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Erie, PA
The National Weather Service office in Cleveland issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Erie in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 11:00 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 261st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Cleveland issued in 2026. Pennsylvania had 159 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 30 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Pennsylvania's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cleveland OH
- Area
- Erie
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:42 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCLE SV.W 0261
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania since 2008Every warning type in Pennsylvania
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The notice as issued
SVRCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Erie County in northwestern Pennsylvania... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 942 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 21 miles north of Erie to 14 miles north of Girard to 19 miles north of North Kingsville, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Erie, Corry, Edinboro, North East, Union City, Girard, Waterford, Albion, Wattsburg, Northwest Harborcreek, Harborcreek, Lawrence Park, Wesleyville, Lake City, Cranesville, Platea, Mill Village, McKean, Elgin, and Northwest Harborcr.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania since 2008523 a year
- Every warning type in Pennsylvania
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels