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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 9, 2008Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2008, 7:27 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 9, 2008, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2008, 7:53 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 2008-08-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2008-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 092327
SVRCLE
OHC093-100015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0252.080809T2327Z-080810T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
727 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 722 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 NEAR LORAIN...AND MOVING EAST AT
  47 MPH.

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

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 4151 8196 4150 8196 4138 8197 4141 8226
      4144 8226 4146 8220 4149 8219 4149 8215
      4150 8210 4152 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 279DEG 41KT 4148 8211

$$

MULLEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 092353
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
753 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

OHC093-100002-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080810T0015Z/
LORAIN OH-
752 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND EXITED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.

LAT...LON 4151 8196 4150 8196 4138 8197 4141 8226
      4144 8226 4146 8220 4149 8219 4149 8215
      4150 8210 4152 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 279DEG 41KT 4143 8172

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE81 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE48 hr
Aug 9, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 9, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.