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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 13, 2005Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 7:17 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2005, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
393 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 132316
SVRCLE
OHC043-132345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.050513T2317Z-050513T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
717 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF CASTALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDUSKY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4147 8283 4145 8276 4147 8274 4147 8267
      4149 8268 4144 8265 4139 8252 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4132 8235 4129 8284 4142 8284
      4143 8291

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 132325
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

OHC043-132345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050513T2345Z/
ERIE OH-
725 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR ERIE
COUNTY...


AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CASTALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAY VIEW...
  SANDUSKY...
  SANDUSKY SOUTH...
  FAIRVIEW LANES...
  HURON...
  BERLIN HEIGHTS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4147 8283 4145 8276 4147 8274 4147 8267
      4149 8268 4144 8265 4139 8252 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4132 8235 4129 8284 4142 8284
      4143 8291

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 132342
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005

OHC043-132352-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050513T2345Z/
ERIE OH-
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005


...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4147 8283 4145 8276 4147 8274 4147 8267
      4149 8268 4144 8265 4139 8252 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4132 8235 4129 8284 4142 8284
      4143 8291

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Wood35 min
May 13, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE51 min
May 13, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas18 min
May 13, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE37 min
May 13, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE85 min
May 13, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood49 min
May 13, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot42 min
May 13, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow54 min
May 13, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox39 min
May 13, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca51 min
May 13, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford49 min
May 13, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE97 min
May 13, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland32 min
May 13, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron28 min
May 13, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox33 min
May 13, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland46 min
May 13, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain36 min
May 13, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 min
May 13, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne39 min
May 13, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina54 min
May 13, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain50 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.