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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 2008Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 3:07 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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: Jun 22, 2008, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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

Time	Report	Where
Jun 22, 3:08 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Cleveland, OH
Jun 22, 3:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	South Euclid, OH
Jun 22, 3:16 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Cleveland, OH

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 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 221907
SVRCLE
OHC035-222000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0101.080622T1907Z-080622T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
307 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WESTLAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF STRONGSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 31 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PARMA...CLEVELAND AND CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4136 8151 4136 8195 4149 8194 4150 8189
      4149 8184 4151 8181 4150 8179 4150 8173
      4153 8167 4155 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 272DEG 27KT 4143 8180

$$

ABE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 221940
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

OHC035-222000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080622T2000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST
AT 27 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GARFIELD HEIGHTS...VALLEY VIEW...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...SHAKER
HEIGHTS...MAPLE HEIGHTS...UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...WALTON
HILLS...NORTH RANDALL...BEDFORD AND WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4136 8151 4136 8195 4149 8194 4150 8189
      4149 8184 4151 8181 4150 8179 4150 8173
      4153 8167 4155 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 280DEG 24KT 4141 8162

$$

ABE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	60 min
Jun 22, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	57 min
Jun 22, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Summit, Trumbull	55 min
Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and 2 more	60 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	61 min
Jun 22, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	53 min
Jun 22, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	49 min
Jun 22, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Richland, Wayne	7 hr
Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Morrow, Richland, Wayne	61 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	57 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull	63 min
Jun 22, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	58 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	61 min
Jun 22, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca and 1 more	58 min
Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	65 min
Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	64 min
Jun 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	58 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne	34 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 22, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox, Stark, Wayne	39 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	49 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	3 hr
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Huron, Seneca	3 hr
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Seneca	49 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood, Wyandot	55 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	60 min
Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	38 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	24 min
Jun 22, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot	64 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	27 min
Jun 22, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland	66 min
Jun 22, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 min

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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.