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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 9, 2008Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2008, 12:45 AM EST for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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
Jan 9, 2008, 12:45 AM EST (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2008, 1:30 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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
Jan 9, 1:05 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGNorwalk, OHTREES DOWN.

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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2008-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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 090545
SVRCLE
OHC077-090630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0002.080109T0545Z-080109T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1245 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORWALK...

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 1242 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORWALK TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF
  NORWALK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4105 8264 4116 8283 4128 8267 4128 8233
      4116 8234 4099 8255 4099 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 231DEG 58KT 4120 8261 4105 8253

$$

LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 090556
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1255 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

OHC077-090630-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0630Z/
HURON OH-
1255 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EST
FOR HURON COUNTY...

AT 1253 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAKEMAN TO 9 MILES EAST OF GREENWICH...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF NORWALK TO 14 MILES
NORTH OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4105 8264 4116 8283 4128 8267 4128 8233
      4116 8234 4099 8255 4099 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 231DEG 58KT 4124 8238 4109 8231

$$

FITZ
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 090629
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
129 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

OHC077-090639-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0630Z/
HURON OH-
129 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HURON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 130 AM
EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4105 8264 4116 8283 4128 8267 4128 8233
      4116 8234 4099 8255 4099 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 231DEG 58KT 4158 8180 4143 8174

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 7:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood4 days
Jan 8, 9:01 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford6 hr
Jan 8, 9:06 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMarion6 hr
Jan 8, 11:20 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion59 hr
Jan 9, 12:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland53 min
Jan 9, 12:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Lorain, Medina, Wayne65 min
Jan 9, 1:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie26 min
Jan 9, 1:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELake15 hr
Jan 9, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga60 min
Jan 9, 1:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake, Portage, Stark, Summit81 min
Jan 9, 1:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain44 hr
Jan 9, 1:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood63 hr
Jan 9, 2:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull86 min
Jan 9, 3:41 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain and 7 more6 hr
Jan 9, 7:37 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock20 hr
Jan 9, 10:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion4 days
Jan 9, 11:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood47 hr

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.