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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 1998Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 5:52 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1998, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 6:55 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Crawford County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 6:05 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Conneautville, PA
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Saegertown, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

662 
WUUS1 KCLE 312153 RRA
SVRCLE
PAC039-312255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
552 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY PA IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 655 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON OR 5 MILES WEST
  OF LINESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  CONNEAUT LAKE
  MEADVILLE
  SAEGERTOWN
  GUYS MILLS

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

GABRIC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 5:14 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
514 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0513 PM    FAIRVIEW                  PA   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE

Local storm report, May 31, 5:25 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
525 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0523 PM    SHEFFIELD LAKE            OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   LORAIN

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-312235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
544 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

LUCAS         WOOD          HANCOCK
MARION        WYANDOT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN OHIO

OTTAWA          SANDUSKY          SENECA
CRAWFORD        MORROW            KNOX
ERIE            HURON             RICHLAND
LORAIN         MEDINA            ASHLAND
HOLMES          WAYNE             CUYAHOGA
SUMMIT          STARK             LAKE
GEAUGA          PORTAGE           ASHTABULA
TRUMBULL        MAHONING

IN PENNSYLVANIA

ERIE          CRAWFORD

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE
TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

BARJENBRUCH

Special weather statement, May 31, 5:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-312235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
544 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

LUCAS         WOOD          HANCOCK
MARION        WYANDOT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN OHIO

OTTAWA          SANDUSKY          SENECA
CRAWFORD        MORROW            KNOX
ERIE            HURON             RICHLAND
LORAIN         MEDINA            ASHLAND
HOLMES          WAYNE             CUYAHOGA
SUMMIT          STARK             LAKE
GEAUGA          PORTAGE           ASHTABULA
TRUMBULL        MAHONING

IN PENNSYLVANIA

ERIE          CRAWFORD

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR CABLE
TELEVISION FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

BARJENBRUCH

Local storm report, May 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
546 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0532 PM    CASTALIA                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE

0537 PM    WESTLAKE                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

Local storm report, May 31, 5:46 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
546 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0532 PM    CASTALIA                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ERIE

0537 PM    WESTLAKE                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CUYAHOGA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 11:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	46 min
May 31, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	48 min
May 31, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	49 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford	50 min
May 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	64 min
May 31, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie	48 min
May 31, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	63 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.