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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 10, 2016Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports 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
Sep 10, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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
Sep 10, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Meadville, PATREE DOWN.
Sep 10, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMeadville, PATREE AND WIRES DOWN.
Sep 10, 7:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Blooming Valley, PATREE DOWN ON ROAD.
Sep 10, 7:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Wattsburg, PASKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED TREES DOWN NORTH OF THE TOWN OF WATTSBURG.
Sep 10, 7:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMill Village, PASKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE MILL VILLAGE AREA.

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
Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

768 
WUUS51 KCLE 102238
SVRCLE
OHC007-PAC039-049-102345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0078.160910T2238Z-160910T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
638 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 637 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR CONNEAUT TO NEAR ANDOVER...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ERIE...MEADVILLE...CONNEAUT...EDINBORO...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...
  GIRARD...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...ALBION...ANDOVER...
  LINESVILLE...WATTSBURG...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...HARMONSBURG...
  ADAMSVILLE...PYMATUNING NORTH...ATLANTIC...
  NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK AND HARBORCREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4229 7978 4227 7976 4200 7976 4149 8010
      4150 8073 4199 8056 4211 8021 4214 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 265DEG 28KT 4200 8049 4159 8066 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OUDEMAN
2 follow-up statements
695 
WWUS51 KCLE 102302
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
702 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

OHC007-102312-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160910T2345Z/
ASHTABULA OH-
702 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4229 7978 4227 7976 4200 7976 4149 8010
      4150 8052 4197 8052 4196 8056 4199 8056
      4211 8021 4214 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 248DEG 43KT 4209 8021 4183 8007 

$$

PAC039-049-102345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160910T2345Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
702 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES...

AT 702 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ERIE TO CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...MEADVILLE...CONNEAUT...EDINBORO...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...
GIRARD...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...ALBION...LINESVILLE...
WATTSBURG...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...HARMONSBURG...ADAMSVILLE...
PYMATUNING NORTH...ATLANTIC...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...
HARBORCREEK AND LAWRENCE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4229 7978 4227 7976 4200 7976 4149 8010
      4150 8052 4197 8052 4196 8056 4199 8056
      4211 8021 4214 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 248DEG 43KT 4209 8021 4183 8007 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OUDEMAN
802 
WWUS51 KCLE 102328
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
728 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

PAC039-049-102345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160910T2345Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
728 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CRAWFORD AND CENTRAL ERIE COUNTIES...

AT 727 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NORTH EAST TO CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...MEADVILLE...EDINBORO...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...WATTSBURG...ADAMSVILLE...ATLANTIC...
NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...HARMONSBURG...PYMATUNING CENTRAL...
HARBORCREEK...LAWRENCE PARK...WESLEYVILLE...SAEGERTOWN...
CONNEAUT LAKE...MILL VILLAGE AND MCKEAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4228 7977 4200 7976 4149 8010 4150 8049
      4215 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 247DEG 39KT 4223 7985 4197 7971 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie38 min
Sep 10, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie51 min
Sep 10, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Huron47 min
Sep 10, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca48 min
Sep 10, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Sep 10, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina48 min
Sep 10, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Richland65 min
Sep 10, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Medina, Morrow, Richland, Wayne61 min
Sep 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE112 min
Sep 10, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake65 min
Sep 10, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Knox, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne61 min
Sep 10, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga24 min
Sep 10, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Trumbull65 min
Sep 10, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Trumbull47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.