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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 415

June 9, 20048 counties in New York; 22 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 PM EDT for 8 counties in New York; 22 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus48 min
Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren63 min
Jun 9, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula39 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga65 min
Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga55 min
Jun 9, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa65 min
Jun 9, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula58 min
Jun 9, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit56 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga3 hr
Jun 9, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina66 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZVenango64 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 688 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 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:11 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson and 3 more2 hr
Jun 9, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCayuga, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 12 more6 hr
Jun 9, 2:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more94 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more91 min
Jun 9, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more54 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton and 32 more5 hr
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCattaraugus, Chautauqua63 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr
Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Chenango, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Madison and 11 more62 min
Jun 9, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 25 more96 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more5 hr
Jun 9, 11:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, Lucas, Williams114 min
Jun 9, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCErie, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams and 1 more5 hr
Jun 9, 2:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCErie, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams84 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.