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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 14, 2007Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2007, 5:14 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2007, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 14, 5:52 PM EDTHAIL 0.8810 Wnw Port Clinton, OHNICKEL SIZE HAIL PERSISTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE ENDING.
Mar 14, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Port Clinton, OHSIDING WAS PEELED OFF A MOBILE HOME. LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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 142114
SVRCLE
OHC123-142200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0003.070314T2114Z-070314T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
514 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF GENOA...OR ABOUT NEAR TOLEDO...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GENOA BY 525 PM EDT...
  OAK HARBOR BY 540 PM EDT...
  PORT CLINTON BY 600 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4162 8331 4162 8311 4155 8302 4152 8293
      4149 8292 4148 8301 4149 8332 4150 8336
      4150 8341 4162 8341

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 142140
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007

OHC123-142200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070314T2200Z/
OTTAWA OH-
540 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR OTTAWA COUNTY...

AT 538 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 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ROCKY RIDGE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF PORT 
CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK HARBOR BY 545 PM EDT...
  PORT CLINTON BY 600 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4162 8331 4162 8311 4155 8302 4152 8293
      4149 8292 4148 8301 4149 8332 4150 8336
      4150 8341 4162 8341

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 11:47 AM EDTFlood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more28 hr
Mar 14, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas49 min
Mar 14, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood41 min
Mar 14, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa49 min
Mar 14, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain34 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.