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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WUUS51 KCLE 292125
SVRCLE
PAC039-292200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.130529T2125Z-130529T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
525 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANSBURG...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 7985 4179 7988 4184 7961 4175 7960
4163 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 258DEG 25KT 4172 7974
$$
MULLEN2 follow-up statements
594
WWUS51 KCLE 292137
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
537 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
PAC039-292200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130529T2200Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
537 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....
LAT...LON 4162 7977 4177 7975 4179 7961 4175 7960
4163 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 267DEG 34KT 4169 7961
$$
MULLEN433
WWUS51 KCLE 292201
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
601 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
PAC039-292210-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130529T2200Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
601 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE GUSTY
WINDS THROUGH 7PM.
LAT...LON 4162 7977 4177 7975 4179 7961 4175 7960
4163 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 267DEG 34KT 4169 7961
$$
MULLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 57 min |
| May 28, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 8 hr |
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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.