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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 26, 2011Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 12:53 AM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2011, 12:53 AM EDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 702 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

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

691 
WUUS51 KCLE 260453
SVRCLE
PAC039-260600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0095.110526T0453Z-110526T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1253 AM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 1251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 35
  MILES WEST OF TITUSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TITUSVILLE...
  SPARTANSBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4161 7965 4162 7982 4158 7990 4148 8003
      4148 8042 4149 8046 4186 7965 4185 7962
      4162 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 240DEG 42KT 4147 8028

$$

KING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie10 hr
May 25, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie56 min
May 25, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie53 min
May 25, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie35 min
May 26, 11:02 AM EDTFlood WatchCLECrawford, Erie11 hr
May 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie66 min
May 26, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Erie52 min
May 26, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie4 hr

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.