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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 1999Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1999, 7:08 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1999, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:45 PM EDTHail 1.25Maple Grove, OH
Jun 10, 7:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHTrees and large limbs down countywide. Two cars were damaged by falling trees at Kansas. A grain elevator was blown across the road near the intersection of CR 31 and CR 42. In Maple Grove, a garage roof was torn off with moderate damage done to the adjace

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

913 
WUUS1 KCLE 102309 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC147-110015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SENECA COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  EAST OF TIFFIN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

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, Jun 10, 6:32 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
632 PM EDT THU JUN 10 1999

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

0415 PM    CONNEAUT LAKE             PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          TREE FELL ON A MAN IN THE
                                          PARK

0415 PM    COCHRANTON                PA
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       *** 2 INJ ***
                                          TWO STUDENTS STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTNING WITH MINOR
                                          INJURIES.

0433 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   CRAWFORD

0500 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   CRAWFORD

0510 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       TREES DOWN FROM MEADVILLE
                                          TO 5 OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST
                                          OF CITY

0530 PM    BEDFORD                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CUYAHOGA                       LARGE TREES DOWN.

0535 PM    WATERFORD                 PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   ERIE

0535 PM    CORRY                     PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   ERIE                           LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER
                                          OUTAGES.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:32 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
632 PM EDT THU JUN 10 1999

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

0415 PM    CONNEAUT LAKE             PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          TREE FELL ON A MAN IN THE
                                          PARK

0415 PM    COCHRANTON                PA
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       *** 2 INJ ***
                                          TWO STUDENTS STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTNING WITH MINOR
                                          INJURIES.

0433 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   CRAWFORD

0500 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   CRAWFORD

0510 PM    MEADVILLE                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CRAWFORD                       TREES DOWN FROM MEADVILLE
                                          TO 5 OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST
                                          OF CITY

0530 PM    BEDFORD                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   CUYAHOGA                       LARGE TREES DOWN.

0535 PM    WATERFORD                 PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99   ERIE

0535 PM    CORRY                     PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/10/99   ERIE                           LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER
                                          OUTAGES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.