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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2010Crawford County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2010, 10:46 PM EDT for Crawford County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2010, 10:46 PM EDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2010, 11:13 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2010-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2010-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.6

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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 Aug 4, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
852 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WITH THE DAY
TDWR SHOWING 55KT WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF STORMS APPROACHING
OHIO. CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING RAPIDLY WITH LIGHTNING
STRIKE COUNTS RAPIDLY RISING. THE CONVECTION IS MOVING ABOUT DUE
EAST AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
10 PM. THE AREA FROM FDY TO MFD TO KNOX COUNTY IS MOST A RISK FOR
STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THIS
EXTRAPOLATION OF MOTION AGREES FAIRLY WELL THE 21Z RUN OF THE HRRR
MODEL WHICH SHOWS THE CONVECTION MOVING EAST AND SLOWLY WEAKENING
WITH REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THIS MIND...WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO
LIKELY POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH
DEWPOINTS WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES ELEVATED SO WE WILL RISE
TEMPERATURES A TAD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY.  BOTH THE GFS
AND NAM MOVE THE FRONT SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION.  MODEL RH REMAIN
HIGH EARLY IN THE DAY AND BOTH MODELS PRINT OUT PCPN OVER THE
REGION.  IT IS REASONABLE TO KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE
THURSDAY PARTICULARLY IN THE AM HOURS.  IN THE AFTERNOON HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AND PCPN SHOULD BEGIN TO END FROM WEST
TO EAST.  A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER IN NE OHIO AND NW PA THU EVENING
BUT I WILL MOST LIKELY END THE PCPN ALL AREAS THU NIGHT.  HIGH
PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD ON FRIDAY.  THE GFS SHOWS A FAST MOVING
BACKDOOR FRONT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE.  THIS FEATURE IS VERY SUBTLE.
THE GFS DOES PRINT SOME PCPN OUT ON FRIDAY BUT I DO NOT EXPECT MUCH
FROM THIS FEATURE.  WITH THE COLD AIR ADVECTION OVER THE LAKE IT IS
POSSIBLE TO SEE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS BUT I WILL LEAVE IT OUT OF
THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME.  SAT AND SUN LOOK PLEASANT AS DRIER AIR
MOVES INTO THE REGION. GUIDANCE TEMPS ARE CLUSTERED SO I DO NOT
EXPECT MUCH DEVIATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGING INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST. RIDGING ALOFT WILL
ATTEMPT TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY. HOWEVER...THE GFS AND
ECMWF TRYING TO SHOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE
AREA TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GOING INTO NEXT WEEK MENTIONED
SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AROUND
THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
DEBRIS CLOUDS IN THE WAKE OF AN EARLIER MCS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION SO ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. OF MOST CONCERN IS THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TAKING
SHAPE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. OUTFLOW FROM THIS COMPLEX WILL
LIKELY CAUSE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO STARTING NEAR KFDY
AROUND 02Z THEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF A KFDY TO
KYNG LINE. MENTIONED GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS IN THE TAFS NEAR AND SOUTH
OF THIS LINE. IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THERE SHOULD BE A RETURN
OF FOG. SOME LOCATIONS COULD ONCE AGAIN DIP TO IFR LEVELS TOWARD
SUNRISE. CEILINGS WILL ALSO DIP BUT BELIEVE THEY WILL REMAIN 1500
FEET OR HIGHER.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PASSES.

.OUTLOOK...MVFR FOG POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING FOR INLAND SITES. VFR
CONDITIONS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE OFF TO THE EAST OF THE LAKE WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. MODELS
SHOWING THE FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY WITH A
REINFORCING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE LAKE EARLY
FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE LAKE DURING THE WEEKEND
ALLOWING FOR LIGHTER WINDS AND WAVES. WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW...BUT
WITH WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING BEHIND THE FRONT THE POTENTIAL FOR A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR BETWEEN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND LATE FRIDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...GARNET
NEAR TERM...REL
SHORT TERM...GARNET
LONG TERM...ABE
AVIATION...MULLEN
MARINE...ABE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 10:19 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
510 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2010

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE NAVARRE           40.69N 81.43W
08/04/2010                   STARK              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN A CAMPING AREA NEAR HAUT AND
            SHREMAN CHURCH ROADS. NO INJURIES.

&&
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

OHZ017-027-050245-
HANCOCK-WYANDOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY
935 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES...

AT 932 PM...THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM
DEFIANCE TO LIMA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
AS IT TRACKS ACROSS BENTON RIDGE...RAWSON...ARLINGTON AND FINDLAY.
THESE STRONGER WINDS MAY MOVE INTO WYANDOT COUNTY NEAR OR SHORTLY
AFTER 10 PM.
Local storm report, Aug 4, 10:06 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot45 min
Aug 4, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow62 min
Aug 4, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca47 min
Aug 5, 4:19 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE47 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.