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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 1999Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1999, 4:11 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 10, 1999, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1999, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindConneaut Lake, PAStrong winds snapped a tree limb at the Jamestown Campground inside Pymatuning State Park. A 48 year old male camper who had taken shelter under a canopy at his campsite was killed by the falling limb. The camper's 10 year old son was also injured. The son
Jun 10, 4:33 PM EDTHail 1Meadville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 539 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

986 
WUUS1 KCLE 102012 RRA
SVRCLE
PAC039-102045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
411 PM EDT THU JUN 10 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANSBURG...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SPARTANSBURG

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford47 min
Jun 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie62 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.