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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 26, 2009Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2009, 5:33 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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
May 26, 2009, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
57 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 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 26, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 14 N Greenwich, 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2009-05-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2009-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
1665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 262133
SVRCLE
OHC077-262230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.090526T2133Z-090526T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
533 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 532 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 WILLARD...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FITCHVILLE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY
  SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLARD...
  FITCHVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4128 8257 4110 8234 4100 8269 4101 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 226DEG 7KT 4102 8271

$$

LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 262220
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
620 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

OHC077-262230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090526T2230Z/
HURON OH-
620 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN HURON COUNTY...

AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FITCHVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
EASTERN HURON COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4109 8262 4125 8253 4122 8250 4110 8235
      4103 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 269DEG 14KT 4108 8246

$$

THOMPSON
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 262231
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
631 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

OHC077-262241-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090526T2230Z/
HURON OH-
631 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HURON COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 630 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4109 8262 4125 8253 4122 8250 4110 8235
      4103 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 254DEG 11KT 4110 8245

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Wayne58 min
May 26, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHuron4 hr
May 26, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.