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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 2024Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2024, 2:20 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2024, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2024, 2:48 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 9:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
927 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-111330-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
927 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-111330-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
927 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ001>003-111330-
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
927 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The remnants of Beryl will track through northwest Ohio today,
dragging a cold front across the region this afternoon. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall that
could cause flooding of urban, low-lying, or poor drainage areas.

Locally damaging winds or a brief spin up tornado is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1048 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

PAZ002-003-101530-
Southern Erie PA-Crawford PA-
1048 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT...

At 1048 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cambridge Springs, or 15 miles northeast of Meadville, moving
northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Corry, Edinboro, Union City, Cambridge Springs, Waterford, Wattsburg,
Canadohta Lake, Lincolnville, Mill Village, and Elgin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 7997 4184 8016 4215 7976 4201 7976
      4200 7975 4200 7962 4199 7961 4194 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 227DEG 38KT 4182 7997

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Campbell

Local storm report, Jul 10, 11:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1101 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1027 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 WSW Meadville         41.63N 80.21W
07/10/2024  M53 MPH          Crawford           PA   ASOS

&&

MG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		12 hr
Jul 10, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	36 min
Jul 10, 1:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock	4 hr
Jul 10, 2:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	34 min
Jul 10, 3:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	119 min
Jul 10, 4:24 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Erie, Lucas, Ottawa	5 hr
Jul 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		16 hr
Jul 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain	16 hr
Jul 10, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	42 min
Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	26 min
Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford	21 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.