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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 25, 2009Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2009, 3:40 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 25, 2009, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2009, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 25, 3:57 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	5 Se West Salem, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 251940
SVRCLE
OHC169-252030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0051.090625T1940Z-090625T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 337 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF CONGRESS...OR 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WOOSTER...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
  PENNY SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOOSTER...
  CRESTON...
  ORRVILLE...
  RITTMAN...
  DOYLESTOWN...

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 4096 8164 4074 8165 4076 8212 4079 8213
      4093 8213 4099 8204 4099 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 246DEG 22KT 4087 8202

$$

KUBINA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 252006
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
406 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

OHC169-252030-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090625T2030Z/
WAYNE OH-
406 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 402 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 SMITHVILLE...OR NEAR
RITTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

A SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 QUARTER INCH HAIL IN WEST SALEM

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
RITTMAN...MARSHALLVILLE AND DOYLESTOWN.

LAT...LON 4096 8164 4074 8165 4076 8212 4079 8213
      4093 8213 4099 8204 4099 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 246DEG 22KT 4093 8185

$$

FITZ

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 252025
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
425 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

OHC169-252035-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-090625T2030Z/
WAYNE OH-
425 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM
EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4096 8164 4074 8165 4076 8212 4079 8213
      4093 8213 4099 8204 4099 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 246DEG 22KT 4098 8169

$$

FITZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 3:26 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:26 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
326 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM MICHIGAN TO WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ON SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
CURRENTLY TAPPING THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AS CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO...ACROSS MICHIGAN AND OVER
THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ERIE MOVING INTO INTO NW PAWRN NY. EXPECT
TO SEE A CONTINUED DAMAGING WIND AND 1 INCH HAIL THREAT.

EXPECT THE SEVERE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID
EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERING INTO
THE REGION. IT WILL BE 6 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER FOR MOST LOCATIONS
ON FRIDAY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ON SUNDAY AS
THE NEXT STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. NEXT ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. WILL THEN MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY THEN BACK VERY CLOSE TO
SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. HOWEVER...ALL SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SETTING UP JUST NE
OF THE AREA. CYCLONIC FLOW AND UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE ON AND OFF INSTABILITY SHRA. THUNDER WILL
BE A CONCERN TOO...ESPECIALLY MONDAY. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP APPEAR
TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT PRECIP COULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AS
WELL. BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS NE OH AND NW PA BUT A SHRA
CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. THIS UPPER LOW
WILL BRING A DISTINCT AIRMASS CHANGE AND TEMPERATURES DURING MOST
OF THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TRICKY FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS THE
MAIN CHALLENGE. WILL GIVE ALL SITES A 2 OR 3 HOUR TEMPO PERIOD FOR
THUNDER. CU JUST NOW STARTING TO FORM. HERE AT KCLE...THESE CU ARE
HAVING A TOUGH TIME. THEY DEVELOP TO ALMOST MODERATE CU STAGE THEN
FALL APART. THIS IS LIKELY BECAUSE IT IS STILL RELATIVELY DRY
ALOFT. WE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS DRIER AIR AS
THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. ACTIVITY CURRENTLY
MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LERI SHOULD JUST MISS KERI THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO. EXPECT RAPID DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY SHOULD
BE SCATTERED IN NATURE WITH NO MORE THAN 40 OR 50 PERCENT COVERAGE
EXPECTED. FIRST STORMS SHOULD GO UP IN KTOL AREA BY 21Z OR SO AND
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. WILL LIKELY
MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO TIMING. PRECIP SHOULD WIND DOWN
QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME PATCHY MVFR FOG LATE. LAKE BREEZE
SHOULD MAKE IT THROUGH KCLE THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR EXCEPT FOR SOME DAYBREAK MVFR FOG/HAZE
THROUGH SATURDAY. SUNDAY MORNING ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING
POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...
FRONT NORTH OF LAKE ERIE WILL PUSH ACROSS LAKE THIS EVENING.  SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT CHOPPY CONDITIONS TOMORROW...BUT SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE LAKE.  NEXT COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE LAKE LATE SUNDAY.  WEST WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MULLEN
NEAR TERM...MULLEN
SHORT TERM...MULLEN
LONG TERM...KUBINA
AVIATION...KUBINA
MARINE...DJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 12:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-261615-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-
HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS BUT HAIL
AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
INTO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
4 PM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE EVENING AND COULD PRODUCE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE EAST END OF LAKE ERIE AND MAY BRING A DAMAGING WIND
THREAT TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
232 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0229 PM     HAIL             2 W BRUNSWICK           41.25N 81.86W
06/25/2009  E0.88 INCH       MEDINA             OH   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0237 PM     HAIL             BRUNSWICK               41.25N 81.82W
06/25/2009  E0.88 INCH       MEDINA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            303 AND LAUREL ROAD

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:43 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
243 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0234 PM     HAIL             BRUNSWICK               41.25N 81.82W
06/25/2009  E1.00 INCH       MEDINA             OH   PUBLIC

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E BRUNSWICK           41.25N 81.76W
06/25/2009                   MEDINA             OH   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN IN HINCKLEY

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
329 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0323 PM     HAIL             MANTUA                  41.28N 81.22W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       PORTAGE            OH   PUBLIC

&&

ASTIFAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	43 min
Jun 25, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		68 min
Jun 25, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	48 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Portage	3 hr
Jun 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage	4 hr
Jun 25, 4:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wayne	5 hr
Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	51 min
Jun 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	3 hr
Jun 25, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	58 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain, Sandusky	63 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	40 min
Jun 25, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Summit	53 min
Jun 25, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain, Seneca	39 min
Jun 25, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	46 min
Jun 25, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Summit, Wayne	68 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	65 min
Jun 25, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	67 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		96 min
Jun 25, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	62 min
Jun 25, 7:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas	3 hr
Jun 25, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Wyandot	67 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Wayne	58 min
Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Wayne	81 min
Jun 25, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	62 min
Jun 25, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		82 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.