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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 13, 2006Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 10:18 AM EST for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
Mar 13, 2006, 10:18 AM EST (15:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2006, 10:45 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 13, 10:40 AM ESTHAIL 0.75Mantua, OH

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2006-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 392 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 131519
SVRCLE
OHC133-131545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0002.060313T1518Z-060313T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1018 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 1015 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANTUA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GARRETTSVILLE.

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 4124 8107 4120 8117 4121 8119 4117 8129
      4129 8137 4133 8137 4134 8135 4134 8101
      4126 8101

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 3:48 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 5 more11 hr
Mar 13, 3:48 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more38 hr
Mar 13, 7:19 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Mar 13, 4:57 PM ESTMarine Weather StatementCLE30 hr
Mar 13, 5:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Mar 13, 5:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie50 min
Mar 13, 6:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr

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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.