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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 14, 2007Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2007, 5:56 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
49 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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
Mar 14, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Port Clinton, OHSIDING WAS PEELED OFF A MOBILE HOME. LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.
Mar 14, 6:17 PM EDTHAIL 0.885 E Port Clinton, OH
Mar 14, 6:23 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Marblehead, OH
Mar 14, 6:27 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Marblehead, OH

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 142156
SVRCLE
OHC123-142245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0004.070314T2156Z-070314T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
556 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 645 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HARBOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF PORT
  CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT CLINTON BY 605 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 4165 8316 4147 8316 4149 8244 4166 8252

$$

REL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 142221
SVSCLE

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

OHC123-142245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070314T2245Z/
OTTAWA OH-
620 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY...

AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARBLEHEAD BY 625 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4165 8316 4147 8316 4149 8244 4166 8252

$$

LEINS
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 142247
SVSCLE

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

OHC123-142257-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070314T2245Z/
OTTAWA OH-
647 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4165 8316 4147 8316 4149 8244 4166 8252

$$

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, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa46 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.