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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 9, 20086 counties in Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 7:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Genoa, OHLARGE TREE DOWN NEAR MARTIN.
Jun 9, 7:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFremont, OHSEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Oak 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 998 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

OUDEMAN
1 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

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood53 min
Jun 9, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood34 min
Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky44 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood34 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie18 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock, Seneca46 min
Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more63 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca46 min
Jun 9, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca23 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas43 min
Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 9, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron32 min
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow29 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland63 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.