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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 16, 2011Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2011, 1:27 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 16, 2011, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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
Apr 16, 1:40 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	North Ridgeville, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 876 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1481 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.

599 
WUUS51 KCLE 161727
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-103-161830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0010.110416T1727Z-110416T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
127 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVON LAKE TO LODI...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  MEDINA...
  STRONGSVILLE...
  CLEVELAND...
  WESTLAKE...
  LAKEWOOD...
  BRUNSWICK...

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 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4135 8138
      4135 8158 4128 8155 4127 8168 4099 8168
      4099 8217 4106 8216 4106 8220 4148 8220
      4152 8203 4149 8191 4150 8173 4163 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 270DEG 37KT 4150 8206 4099 8203

$$

KIELTYKA

2 follow-up statements

149 
WWUS51 KCLE 161754
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
154 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

OHC093-161804-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
LORAIN OH-
154 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4136 8138
      4135 8158 4133 8159 4128 8155 4127 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8188 4134 8187 4135 8188
      4149 8188 4150 8173 4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 270DEG 37KT 4150 8170 4099 8168

$$

OHC035-103-161830-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
MEDINA OH-CUYAHOGA OH-
154 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA AND EASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKEWOOD TO WADSWORTH...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...VALLEY
VIEW...INDEPENDENCE...GARFIELD HEIGHTS...BRECKSVILLE...CLEVELAND
HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...WALTON HILLS...
LYNDHURST AND MAYFIELD HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4136 8138
      4135 8158 4133 8159 4128 8155 4127 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8188 4134 8187 4135 8188
      4149 8188 4150 8173 4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 270DEG 37KT 4150 8170 4099 8168

$$

KIELTYKA

814 
WWUS51 KCLE 161833
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
233 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

OHC035-103-161843-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
MEDINA OH-CUYAHOGA OH-
233 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA AND EASTERN MEDINA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 230 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4136 8138
      4135 8158 4133 8159 4128 8155 4127 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8188 4134 8187 4135 8188
      4149 8188 4150 8173 4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 247DEG 25KT 4162 8171 4124 8182

$$

ADAMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 9:18 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CLE		5 hr
Apr 16, 9:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		12 hr
Apr 16, 10:54 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CLE		5 hr
Apr 16, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Apr 16, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
Apr 16, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Apr 16, 3:49 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	28 hr
Apr 16, 4:02 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CLE		29 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.