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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 7:06 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 9, 2008, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 9, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Genoa, OH | LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR MARTIN. |
| Jun 9, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fremont, OH | SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Oak Harbor, 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 9, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCLE 092307
SVRCLE
OHC063-095-123-143-147-173-100000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.080609T2306Z-080610T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
706 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
EASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NORTHWOOD TO FOSTORIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WATERVILLE
TO FOSTORIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GIBSONBURG...WOODVILLE...ELMORE...GENOA...FREMONT...OAK HARBOR AND
PORT CLINTON
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS
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 MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4171 8332 4164 8317 4175 8311 4175 8310
4163 8315 4162 8309 4153 8294 4155 8287
4160 8284 4162 8284 4165 8287 4165 8286
4157 8280 4153 8271 4148 8282 4148 8295
4146 8297 4143 8289 4114 8342 4150 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 234DEG 49KT 4146 8366 4117 8337
$$
OUDEMAN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 092359
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
759 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
OHC063-095-123-143-147-173-100009-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080610T0000Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-
759 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTTAWA...EAST CENTRAL LUCAS...
EASTERN WOOD...SANDUSKY...NORTHWESTERN SENECA AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4171 8332 4164 8317 4175 8311 4175 8310
4163 8315 4162 8309 4153 8294 4155 8287
4160 8284 4162 8284 4165 8287 4165 8286
4157 8280 4153 8271 4148 8282 4148 8295
4146 8297 4143 8289 4114 8342 4150 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 234DEG 49KT 4188 8288 4159 8259
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 18 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 9, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland | 63 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.