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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 2017Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 20, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2017-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 2017-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WWUS81 KCLE 202221
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
621 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017

PAZ003-202245-
Crawford-
621 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

At 620 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Riceville, or
19 miles north of Oil City, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail are possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hydetown, Spartansburg and Centerville. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4163 7975 4172 7985 4185 7971 4186 7966
      4185 7961 4165 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 229DEG 24KT 4171 7975 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHuron, Medina, Seneca51 min
Apr 19, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEStark, Summit5 hr
Apr 19, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWood45 min
Apr 19, 10:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark13 hr
Apr 20, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE37 min
Apr 20, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula29 min
Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas, Wood47 min
Apr 20, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESandusky41 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock39 min
Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Apr 20, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas49 min
Apr 20, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE85 min
Apr 20, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford40 min
Apr 20, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.