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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2016Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 4:40 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2016, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 5, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHydetown, PATREES DOWNED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2016-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

413 
WUUS51 KCLE 052040
SVRCLE
PAC039-052130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0016.160605T2040Z-160605T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
440 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 440 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MEADVILLE TO NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEADVILLE...TITUSVILLE...LINESVILLE...RICEVILLE...LINCOLNVILLE...
  ADAMSVILLE...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...ATLANTIC...GUYS MILLS...HARMONSBURG...
  PYMATUNING NORTH...COCHRANTON...SAEGERTOWN...CONNEAUT LAKE...JAMESTOWN...
  HYDETOWN...BLOOMING VALLEY...TOWNVILLE...SPARTANSBURG AND CENTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8013
      4149 8050 4165 8049 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 239DEG 37KT 4157 8016 4141 8046 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SEFCOVIC
2 follow-up statements
974 
WWUS51 KCLE 052100
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

PAC039-052130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160605T2130Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
500 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 459 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GUYS MILLS TO 13 MILES NORTH OF GROVE CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TITUSVILLE...GUYS MILLS...COCHRANTON...HYDETOWN...TOWNVILLE AND
CENTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8013
      4149 8030 4162 8007 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 262DEG 44KT 4158 7993 4135 8012 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SEFCOVIC
284 
WWUS51 KCLE 052111
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
511 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

PAC039-052121-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160605T2130Z/
CRAWFORD PA-
511 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7982 4149 8000 4148 8013
      4149 8030 4162 8007 4185 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 239DEG 37KT 4164 7980 4141 7999 

$$

SEFCOVIC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie63 min
Jun 5, 4:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Erie41 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.