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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 2, 2009Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 8:39 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
Apr 2, 2009, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2009, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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
Apr 2, 8:47 PM EDTHAIL 18 S Tiffin, OH
Apr 2, 8:58 PM EDTHAIL 0.884 Se New Riegel, OH
Apr 2, 9:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.755 W Tiffin, OH
Apr 2, 9:16 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Bettsville, OH

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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2009-04-03Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2009-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 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 030039
SVRCLE
OHC147-030145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0013.090403T0039Z-090403T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
839 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 838 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RIEGEL...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
SYCAMORE...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW RIEGEL...
  TIFFIN...
  FOSTORIA...

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4099 8310 4100 8342 4126 8342 4125 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 174DEG 34KT 4089 8323

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 030130
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
930 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

OHC147-030140-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090403T0145Z/
SENECA OH-
930 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SENECA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4099 8310 4100 8342 4126 8342 4125 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 174DEG 34KT 4138 8330

$$

ABE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot43 min
Apr 2, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky51 min
Apr 3, 4:23 AM EDTGale WarningCLE35 hr
Apr 3, 3:02 PM EDTWind AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Mahoning and 6 more13 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.