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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 26, 2008Lucas County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 4:35 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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 26, 2008, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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	Remark
Jun 26, 4:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oregon, OH	10 UTILITY POLES DOWN ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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-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: 412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 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 262035
SVRCLE
OHC095-123-143-262130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0145.080626T2035Z-080626T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
435 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OREGON TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  GIBSONBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO
  TO 10 MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
  HARBOR...FREMONT...CLYDE AND PORT CLINTON

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

LAT...LON 4171 8332 4165 8322 4162 8309 4153 8294
      4154 8287 4160 8284 4159 8281 4148 8282
      4148 8295 4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284
      4128 8284 4129 8342 4161 8341 4162 8344
      4171 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 271DEG 25KT 4171 8330 4129 8330

$$

MELLO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 262054
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
454 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

OHC095-123-143-262130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-080626T2130Z/
SANDUSKY OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-
454 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR OTTAWA...NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF ROCKY RIDGE
TO STONY PRAIRIE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ELMORE TO FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BALLVILLE...CLYDE AND PORT CLINTON

LAT...LON 4171 8332 4165 8322 4162 8309 4153 8294
      4154 8287 4160 8284 4159 8281 4148 8282
      4148 8295 4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284
      4128 8284 4129 8342 4161 8341 4162 8344
      4171 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 271DEG 25KT 4162 8315 4133 8317

$$

MITCHELL

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 262127
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
527 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

OHC095-123-143-262137-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-080626T2130Z/
SANDUSKY OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-
527 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTTAWA...NORTHEASTERN LUCAS
AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE 
WARNING AREA.

LAT...LON 4171 8332 4165 8322 4162 8309 4153 8294
      4154 8287 4160 8284 4159 8281 4148 8282
      4148 8295 4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284
      4128 8284 4129 8342 4161 8341 4162 8344
      4171 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 271DEG 25KT 4161 8284 4132 8287

$$

MITCHELL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
245 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THE AIR MASS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF
THE FORECAST AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MODELS INDICATED A WEAK SHORT WAVE
AT 18Z OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. AT FIRST GLANCE...I WAS SUSPICIOUS
THE SIGNAL WAS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION.
HOWEVER...ALL THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE FEATURE
AND CONVECTION IS BEING TRIGGERED IN THE VICINITY. THE MODELS
INDICATE THIS SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD
BRING ANY ORGANIZED PCPN OVER THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA.  THE DEWPOINTS AND INSTABILITY ARE ALSO GREATER IN THIS AREA.
I WILL LEAN TOWARD HIGHER POPS IN SOUTHWEST NEAREST TO THE SHORT
WAVE. I WILL KEEP SCATTERED PCPN ALL OTHER AREAS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY. WE WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR
WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS OVER THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN IT IS
TOUGH TO FIND A FOCUS FOR THE CONVECTION ON FRIDAY. THE MODELS
HINT AT A WEAK WAVE DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT A FOCUS IS TOUGH TO
LOCATE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME BOUNDARIES FLOATING AROUND FROM
THE PREVIOUS NIGHT CONVECTION. BASED ON THE LACK OF DYNAMICS I
WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY ON FRIDAY.

THE BIG FEATURE IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST IS THE COLD FRONT THAT
WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN
GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT WILL BE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AROUND
12Z SAT. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA 18Z-00Z.
THIS SHOULD BE PRIME TIME FOR SEVERE CONVECTION ON SAT. CURRENT
SPC OUTLOOK INDICATES SLGHT RISK FOR AREA. IF WE AVOID THE DEBRIS
CLOUD FROM THE CONVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT...A WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE ON SAT. I WILL PLACE LIKELY POPS FOR
MOST AREAS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
EXTENDED FORECAST CYCLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE ACTIVE PATTERN
WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE A TRANSITION DAY WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
BEGINNING TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. SOME DRYING CONDITIONS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE HIGH PRESSURE. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE
ITS DOMINANCE THROUGH THURSDAY. WILL FOLLOW THE GFS SOLUTION AT
THIS TIME.
&&

.AVIATION /17Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH CAPS 2.5K TO 4K WILL GIVE US A CHC OF TSTMS
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOSTLY MVFR CONDS BUT SOME
VFR CONDS POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOOK FOR MORE FOG AND HAZE TO RESULT
IN MVFR CONDS. THE CONTINUED WARM MOIST AIR MASS WILL FUEL MORE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ON FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 KTS.

.OUTLOOK...WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY
WITH MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY CAUSING MORE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL DROP
ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND BRING MORE
UNSETTLED WEATHER.

&&

.MARINE...
GENERAL S-SW FLOW THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS FRONT STALLS ACROSS
THE CENTRAL LAKES.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.  POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO REACH STRONG
TO SEVERE LIMITS WITH WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS
AND LARGE HAIL.  COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY PUSH SOUTH OF LAKE ERIE
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH WEST FLOW IN ITS WAKE.
SECONDARY TROUGHS AND CYCLONIC FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...GARNET
NEAR TERM...GARNET
SHORT TERM...GARNET
LONG TERM...BC
AVIATION...BC
MARINE...OUDEMAN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
530 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-270930-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-
HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
530 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STORMS MAY HAVE DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND THEY
COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE FRONT ON SATURDAY.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE TROUGH
ALOFT DEEPENS AND COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN. TYPICALLY THIS TYPE
OF PATTERN WOULD BRING PULSE TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED
LARGE HAIL AND A SLIGHT THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KOSARIK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:44 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     HAIL             SHELBY                  40.88N 82.66W
06/26/2008  U0.75 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   PUBLIC

0316 PM     HAIL             SHELBY                  40.88N 82.66W
06/26/2008  U1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   PUBLIC

&&

OUDEMAN

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
429 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0416 PM     HAIL             MAUMEE                  41.57N 83.65W
06/26/2008  E1.00 INCH       LUCAS              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	29 min
Jun 26, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Knox, Marion, Morrow	4 hr
Jun 26, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	50 min
Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	56 min
Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain, Medina, Wayne	48 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	67 min
Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 26, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, Summit	39 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot	53 min
Jun 26, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	64 min
Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark	43 min
Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit	39 min
Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain, Medina	3 hr
Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Richland, Seneca and 1 more	60 min
Jun 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain, Medina, Seneca	6 hr
Jun 26, 5:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	4 hr
Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	61 min
Jun 26, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	49 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina and 1 more	61 min
Jun 26, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain	53 min
Jun 26, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 26, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne	52 min
Jun 26, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	66 min
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	54 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.