A few severe thunderstorms tracked into northwest Pennsylvania as a mid-level impulse interacted with a moist and unstable airmass over the region.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms tracked into northwest Pennsylvania as a mid-level impulse interacted with a moist and unstable airmass over the region.
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 17, 2:11 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 311 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR LAKE ERIE WILL WAVER BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE FRONT FINALLY MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY/... THE CONVECTION THRU THIS EVENING SHOULD SETTLE DOWN ONCE THE SUN SETS AND THE AIRMASS COOLS SOME AND STABILIZES. THE NEXT WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE RIDES ALONG THE FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT HELPING TO START PUSHING THE FRONT SOUTH TOWARD LAKE ERIE. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT AIDED BY WEAK UPPER ENERGY WILL SAG SOUTH AND SHOULD START TO AFFECT AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE MODELS DIFFER ON WHETHER THERE WILL BE A LULL IN CONVECTION DURING WED MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AFTER THE EARLY WAVE OF ENERGY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WILL SHOW SOME DECREASE IN POPS FOR A WHILE THEN RAMP THE POPS BACK UP AS DAYTIME HEATING CAUSES THE AIRMASS TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE. WITH THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGGING WELL DOWN THRU THE CWA BEFORE STALLING BY THU EVE WILL KEEP THE POPS AT LEAST IN THE HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY UNTIL SOME DRIER AIR STARTS TO PUNCH INTO THE NE BY LATE THU. GOOD INSTABILITY AND SOME SHEAR SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE STORMS. THE UPPER ENERGY GETS STRETCHED OVER THE AREA THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI LESSENING THE OVERALL CHANCE FOR TSRA. THE DRIER AIR IN THE NE SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT FOR TSRA IN MAINLY THE SW HALF OF THE AREA. WEAK UPPER RIDGING FLATTENS LATER FRI AND FRI NIGHT WHILE THE FRONT LIFTS BACK NE. WILL SHIFT THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP BACK NE WITH THE SHIFTING FOCUS. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WED WILL MODERATE BACK CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR THU THRU FRI AS THE FRONT AND CLOUDS SETTLE BACK OVER THE AREA. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE RIDGE ALOFT IS PROGGED TO FLATTEN AND BECOME NORTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER LOW FROM THE ROCKIES IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY DROP INTO THE DEVELOPING TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT ON THE MOVEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT MAY FINALLY FLUSH OUT THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY ON SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THE FRONT MAY GET THROUGH EARLY IN THE DAY. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING YET TO PROMISE A DRY DAY. A SERIES OF WEAK COLD FRONTS OR TROUGHS ARE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES NORTHWEST AND THE TROUGH DEEPENS. IT MAY TAKE UNTIL TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK FOR THE SURFACE HIGH TO BUILD DOWN AND PUSH A DRIER AND STABLE AIR MASS AT WHICH POINT WE COULD FINALLY TAKE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS OUT OF THE FORECAST. THE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE DIURNAL...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES GO FROM A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON SATURDAY TO NEAR NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK. DEWPOINTS SHOULD DROP BACK TO NEAR NORMAL SO NOT AS HUMID. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE ON THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. CAPPED OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SE LOWER MICHIGAN AND NW OHIO AS WELL AS INLAND NW PA. ONCE THE NEW ACTIVITY GETS GOING IT COULD SPREAD SOUTHEAST QUICKLY. WILL MENTION VICINITY IN MOST OF THE TAF FORECASTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. A LARGER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THIS ACTIVITY COULD REACH THE LAKE ERIE AREA EARLY WED MORNING. .OUTLOOK...NON VFR LIKELY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS MORNING FOG/MIST. && .MARINE... THE SOUTH WIND/WAVES ON LAKE ERIE WERE HEADING TOWARD THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE LAKE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AS TIME GOES ON...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MARINERS WILL HAVE TO BE ALERT FOR THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS. THE GRADIENT WILL BE LIGHTER ON WEDNESDAY AND LOCAL LAKE BREEZES ARE POSSIBLE. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE LAKE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE FLOW WILL LIKELY COME AROUND FROM THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL LIKELY HEAD BACK NORTH AND WINDS MAY COME BACK AROUND FROM THE SOUTH ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST POSITION OF THE FRONT LATER IN THE WEEK SO NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE WIND DIRECTION FORECAST. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT BUT THERE IS STILL THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE FLOW SHOULD COME AROUND MORE FROM THE WEST BY THIS WEEKEND AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSES THE LAKE AND THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ADAMS NEAR TERM...ADAMS SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...KOSARIK AVIATION...KOSARIK MARINE...KOSARIK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 541 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047- 089-PAZ001>003-180945- 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- 541 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY. AGAIN THE GREATEST THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 638 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 OHZ012-014-089-PAZ001>003-172345- LAKE-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE... EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 638 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST ONTO LAND THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS. SCHEPEL
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported quarter size hail in Cranesville and county dispatch relayed a report of golf ball size hail in Albion.
A trained weather spotter reported thunderstorm winds brought down a large limb with a diameter of 16-18 inches and other large limbs down on Route 18 south of Albion.
A trained spotter reported numerous trees down on Rundletown Road and Smith Road near Route 98.
The public reported dime to quarter size hail in Conneatville.
The Emergency Manager and trained spotters reported dime to quarter size hail from Hayfield Township to Saegertown.
A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Meadville.
A trained spotter reported that a tree fell on a van and totaled it in Meadville.
Amateur Radio reported quarter size hail in Meadville.
Emergency Manager relayed reports of numerous trees down in and around Meadville, including Pettis and Kantz Roads in East Fairfield Township, Vernon Township, and Highway 27 near Townline Road in West Mead Township.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2014
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: 525888, 526004, 525890, 525892, 525893, 525899, 542032, 525896, 526003.