Hail — Crawford, Pennsylvania

2024-10-06 · near Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Hail up to quarter-size in Meadville.

Wider weather episode

During the early afternoon through early evening of October 6th, a surface cold front moved eastward across NE OH and into NW PA. Along the front, a broken line of multicell thunderstorms and isolated supercell thunderstorms developed and persisted generally eastward in NW PA. These storms produced sporadic straight-line convective wind damage and severe hail amidst moderate to strong effective bulk shear, weak to moderate MUCAPE, and moderate DCAPE in the warm and relatively-moist sector.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1256624. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.