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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 5, 2010Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2010, 8:35 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2010, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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
May 5, 8:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Oak Harbor, OH	NICKEL WITH SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL. HAIL LASTED 3 MINUTES.

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
May 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

308 
WUUS51 KCLE 060035
SVRCLE
OHC123-060115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0013.100506T0035Z-100506T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
835 PM EDT WED MAY 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GENOA...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF ELMORE...AND WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAK HARBOR...
  PORT CLINTON...
  PUT-IN-BAY...

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 4162 8331 4163 8310 4154 8299 4153 8291
      4160 8283 4165 8288 4167 8284 4173 8283
      4170 8277 4161 8283 4157 8280 4154 8261
      4153 8270 4149 8270 4148 8295 4145 8303
      4145 8333 4149 8334 4150 8341 4161 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 258DEG 48KT 4155 8328

$$

KUBINA

1 follow-up statement

443 
WWUS51 KCLE 060105
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
905 PM EDT WED MAY 5 2010

OHC123-060116-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100506T0115Z/
OTTAWA OH-
905 PM EDT WED MAY 5 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTTAWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915
PM EDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4162 8331 4163 8310 4154 8299 4153 8291
      4160 8283 4165 8288 4167 8284 4173 8283
      4170 8277 4161 8283 4157 8280 4154 8261
      4153 8270 4149 8270 4148 8295 4145 8303
      4145 8333 4149 8334 4150 8341 4161 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 258DEG 48KT 4163 8274

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	39 min
May 5, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
May 5, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
May 6, 3:58 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		15 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.