Hail in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2009

Name: Hail in Pennsylvania, June 25, 2009
Start: 2009-06-25T16:05
End: 2009-06-25T17:40
Location: Pennsylvania

June 25, 2009 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Low pressure located over eastern Canada was nearly stationary during this time. During the afternoon of the 25th, a trough of low pressure swung south across the Great Lakes region.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.

Low pressure located over eastern Canada was nearly stationary during this time. During the afternoon of the 25th, a trough of low pressure swung south across the Great Lakes region. This feature combined with warm and humid air at the surface caused showers and thunderstorms to develop by mid afternoon. A few of the thunderstorms that moved through the area became severe.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 25, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
326 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM MICHIGAN TO WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ON SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
CURRENTLY TAPPING THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AS CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO...ACROSS MICHIGAN AND OVER
THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ERIE MOVING INTO INTO NW PAWRN NY. EXPECT
TO SEE A CONTINUED DAMAGING WIND AND 1 INCH HAIL THREAT.

EXPECT THE SEVERE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID
EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERING INTO
THE REGION. IT WILL BE 6 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER FOR MOST LOCATIONS
ON FRIDAY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ON SUNDAY AS
THE NEXT STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. NEXT ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. WILL THEN MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY THEN BACK VERY CLOSE TO
SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. HOWEVER...ALL SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SETTING UP JUST NE
OF THE AREA. CYCLONIC FLOW AND UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE ON AND OFF INSTABILITY SHRA. THUNDER WILL
BE A CONCERN TOO...ESPECIALLY MONDAY. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP APPEAR
TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT PRECIP COULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AS
WELL. BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS NE OH AND NW PA BUT A SHRA
CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. THIS UPPER LOW
WILL BRING A DISTINCT AIRMASS CHANGE AND TEMPERATURES DURING MOST
OF THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TRICKY FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS THE
MAIN CHALLENGE. WILL GIVE ALL SITES A 2 OR 3 HOUR TEMPO PERIOD FOR
THUNDER. CU JUST NOW STARTING TO FORM. HERE AT KCLE...THESE CU ARE
HAVING A TOUGH TIME. THEY DEVELOP TO ALMOST MODERATE CU STAGE THEN
FALL APART. THIS IS LIKELY BECAUSE IT IS STILL RELATIVELY DRY
ALOFT. WE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS DRIER AIR AS
THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. ACTIVITY CURRENTLY
MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LERI SHOULD JUST MISS KERI THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO. EXPECT RAPID DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY SHOULD
BE SCATTERED IN NATURE WITH NO MORE THAN 40 OR 50 PERCENT COVERAGE
EXPECTED. FIRST STORMS SHOULD GO UP IN KTOL AREA BY 21Z OR SO AND
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. WILL LIKELY
MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO TIMING. PRECIP SHOULD WIND DOWN
QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME PATCHY MVFR FOG LATE. LAKE BREEZE
SHOULD MAKE IT THROUGH KCLE THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR EXCEPT FOR SOME DAYBREAK MVFR FOG/HAZE
THROUGH SATURDAY. SUNDAY MORNING ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING
POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...
FRONT NORTH OF LAKE ERIE WILL PUSH ACROSS LAKE THIS EVENING.  SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT CHOPPY CONDITIONS TOMORROW...BUT SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE LAKE.  NEXT COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE LAKE LATE SUNDAY.  WEST WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MULLEN
NEAR TERM...MULLEN
SHORT TERM...MULLEN
LONG TERM...KUBINA
AVIATION...KUBINA
MARINE...DJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 11:06 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-261615-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
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-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-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-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS BUT HAIL
AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
INTO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
4 PM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE EVENING AND COULD PRODUCE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE EAST END OF LAKE ERIE AND MAY BRING A DAMAGING WIND
THREAT TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
329 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0323 PM     HAIL             MANTUA                  41.28N 81.22W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       PORTAGE            OH   PUBLIC

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
404 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0357 PM     HAIL             WEST SALEM              40.97N 82.11W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              OH   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:06 PM EST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
406 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0357 PM     HAIL             5 SE WEST SALEM         40.92N 82.04W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              OH   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:56 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
456 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0456 PM     HAIL             LINESVILLE              41.66N 80.42W
06/25/2009  E0.88 INCH       CRAWFORD           PA   PUBLIC

&&

LEINS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:00 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0455 PM     HAIL             2 SW ANDOVER            41.59N 80.60W
06/25/2009  E1.75 INCH       ASHTABULA          OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LEINS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:03 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
503 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0455 PM     HAIL             4 SW ANDOVER            41.57N 80.62W
06/25/2009  E1.75 INCH       ASHTABULA          OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LEINS

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Crawford

When: June 25, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Linesville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.670, -80.430

Nickel size hail was reported.

Hail, Crawford

When: June 25, 4:39 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Saegertown
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.730, -80.150

Quarter size hail was observed.

Hail, Crawford

When: June 25, 5:40 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Spartansburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Post Office
Coordinates: 41.830, -79.700

Penny size hail was observed.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, June 2009

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 184550, 184551, 191269.