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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 2006Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 2:01 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 74 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2006, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 2:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Fairlawn,

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 311801
SVRCLE
OHC153-311915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0113.060531T1801Z-060531T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
201 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 157 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 NEAR
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE TWINSBURG...TALLMADGE...MACEDONIA...
  HUDSON...BARBERTON AND AKRON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT 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 4092 8143 4092 8162 4095 8164 4098 8164
      4099 8166 4127 8166 4127 8155 4128 8154
      4134 8158 4134 8139

$$
LEINS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 311830
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
231 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

OHC055-311900-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060531T1900Z/
GEAUGA OH-
231 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
GEAUGA COUNTY...


AT 227 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 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.



LAT...LON 4156 8138 4133 8137 4134 8101 4172 8100
      4171 8109 4164 8108 4163 8128 4156 8129

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 311911
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
310 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

OHC153-311920-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060531T1915Z/
SUMMIT OH-
310 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006


...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMMIT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM EDT...

THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN SUMMIT COUNTY.


LAT...LON 4092 8143 4092 8162 4095 8164 4098 8164
      4099 8166 4127 8166 4127 8155 4128 8154
      4134 8158 4134 8139

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne65 min
May 31, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga53 min
May 31, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga72 min
May 31, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE53 min
May 31, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 31, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa45 min
May 31, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland49 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.