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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2010Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 7, 9:30 PM EDTHAIL 1Macedonia, OH
May 7, 9:35 PM EDTHAIL 1Twinsburg, OH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
535 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

740 
WUUS51 KCLE 080115
SVRCLE
OHC035-103-153-080200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.100508T0115Z-100508T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
915 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BRUNSWICK...OR NEAR LITCHFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MACEDONIA...
  HUDSON...
  TWINSBURG...

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 4127 8189 4128 8187 4133 8187 4134 8187
      4135 8190 4136 8190 4136 8138 4119 8138
      4114 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 253DEG 49KT 4126 8177

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
636 
WWUS51 KCLE 080134
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
934 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHC035-103-153-080200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100508T0200Z/
MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-CUYAHOGA OH-
934 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA...NORTHERN SUMMIT AND NORTHEASTERN MEDINA
COUNTIES...

AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BRECKSVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF STRONGSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 300 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4127 8189 4128 8187 4133 8187 4134 8187
      4135 8190 4136 8190 4136 8138 4119 8138
      4114 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 253DEG 49KT 4133 8144

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Ottawa34 min
May 7, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain29 min
May 7, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake43 min
May 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky48 min
May 7, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot39 min
May 7, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull55 min
May 7, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot55 min
May 7, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE112 min
May 7, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga30 min
May 7, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull39 min
May 7, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Richland44 min
May 7, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake28 min
May 7, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull78 min
May 7, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull29 min
May 7, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Richland, Wayne37 min
May 7, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox52 min
May 7, 10:50 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryCLE21 hr
May 7, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland22 min
May 7, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull41 min
May 8, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull25 min
May 8, 3:55 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more23 hr

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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.