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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 15, 2007Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2007, 8:01 PM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2007, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 160001
SVRCLE
OHC043-123-160045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.070516T0001Z-070516T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
801 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MARBLEHEAD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT CLINTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  PORT CLINTON
  KELLEYS ISLAND
  PUT IN BAY
  SANDUSKY
   

LAT...LON 4167 8297 4150 8288 4142 8255 4188 8235

$$

MRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 160046
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

OHC043-123-160055-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070516T0045Z/
OTTAWA OH-ERIE OH-
845 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL 
OHIO AND OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVE OFFSHORE. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH 11 
PM THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 4167 8297 4150 8288 4142 8255 4188 8235

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
May 15, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie54 min
May 15, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron70 min
May 15, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
May 16, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.