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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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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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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 4:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 47 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.