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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 29, 2008Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 11:27 PM EST for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
Jan 29, 2008, 11:27 PM EST (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2008, 11:54 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 8:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 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 300427
SVRCLE
OHC005-139-300515-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0013.080130T0427Z-080130T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1127 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 1125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM SAVANNAH TO 8 MILES WEST OF HAYESVILLE TO 8 MILES WEST OF
  LOUDONVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUDONVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND TO 6 MILES EAST OF
  MANSFIELD TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANSFIELD TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLK

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4057 8234 4082 8241 4106 8243 4105 8217
      4099 8217 4099 8215 4080 8212 4069 8212
      4067 8222 4057 8224 4056 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 240DEG 38KT 4098 8244 4076 8239
          4066 8236 4053 8237

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 300454
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1155 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

OHC005-139-300505-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080130T0515Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
1155 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4057 8234 4082 8241 4106 8243 4105 8217
      4099 8217 4099 8215 4080 8212 4069 8212
      4067 8222 4057 8224 4056 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 240DEG 38KT 4113 8210 4091 8205
          4081 8202 4068 8203

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 9:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot55 min
Jan 29, 10:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot58 min
Jan 29, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow, Richland45 min
Jan 29, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron31 min
Jan 29, 11:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain35 min
Jan 29, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Medina, Portage and 3 more95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.