Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 3, 1999, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1999, 6:25 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

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000 
TTAA00 KCLE 032138 RRA
SVRCLE
PAC049-032225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
538 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 625 PM EDT

* AT 536 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF ERIE PA OR IN THE VICINITY OF
  ERIE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR...
  ERIE
  HARBORCREEK
  NORTH EAST


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WIN:DOWS.
$$

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
205 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1999

MAIN CONCERN IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR LATE AFTN AND EVE TSTMS OVR CWA.
ACTVTY WI/LMIC MOVG E. SOME MINOR SWRD XTNTN OF CNVCTN OVR NRN IL
BUT MAIN BODY LKLY TO MOV ACRS MI. LKLY TO BE NUMEROUS OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES ON WHICH TSTMS COULD BE GENERATED. MODELS BRING SOME PVA
ACRS AREA BUT DISAGREE ON TIMING. ETA ALSO HANGS ON TO IT TOO LONG.
BOTH MODELS RPDLY REDUCE MEAN RH VALUES AFT 12 HRS WHICH SEEMS
RSNBL. MD LVL WAA PROGGED TO MOV E AND N OVR AREA TNGT AND SHOULD
CAP ACTVTY FOR THE 4TH AND THRU MON. ATTM MAY MAKE NO MENTION OF
TSTMS ACRS NW PARTS OF STATE FOR TNGT PD BUT MAY HV TO CARRY A RMNDR
OF AFTN PD THAT AREA. FARTHER EAST CHC POPS LOOK IN LINE WITH
REALITY...ALTHO ANY ACTVTY IS LKLY TO BE PRETTY WIDELY SCATTERED.
ATTM WL NOT ISSUE AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY. VALUES APPCHG THE LOW
END OF THE ADVISORY CRITERIA (105 DEGREE HEAT INDEX). WL BE RUNNING
WITH A DRY FCST SUN THRU MON. GUID TMPS LOOK RSNBL SO PRBBLY WON/T
CHG MUCH.

.CLE...NONE.

VRCEK

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

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