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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 26, 2011Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 5:38 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 5:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Chardon, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

134 
WUUS51 KCLE 262112
SVRCLE
OHC055-085-262200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0101.110526T2112Z-110526T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
512 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 509 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 NEAR
  CHARDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY
RURAL EASTERN LAKE COUNTY

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 4172 8101 4142 8120 4153 8139 4176 8123
      4173 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 217DEG 29KT 4155 8121

$$

ABE
1 follow-up statement
082 
WWUS51 KCLE 262138
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
538 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

OHC055-085-262148-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110526T2200Z/
GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
538 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN
GEAUGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4172 8101 4142 8120 4153 8139 4176 8123
      4173 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 217DEG 29KT 4172 8104

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull42 min
May 25, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne60 min
May 25, 8:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Mahoning, Stark, Trumbull10 hr
May 25, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes, Knox5 hr
May 25, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE79 min
May 25, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull49 min
May 25, 10:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock57 hr
May 25, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow44 min
May 25, 10:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLECuyahoga36 hr
May 25, 10:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit25 hr
May 25, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Stark, Summit, Wayne48 min
May 25, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland46 min
May 25, 11:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull46 min
May 26, 12:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina6 hr
May 26, 12:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood6 days
May 26, 12:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood3 days
May 26, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull23 min
May 26, 12:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne6 hr
May 26, 12:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood5 days
May 26, 1:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot5 hr
May 26, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Marion, Wood, Wyandot61 min
May 26, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 26, 2:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more54 min
May 26, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 26, 3:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock26 hr
May 26, 5:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull43 hr
May 26, 6:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky, Seneca6 hr
May 26, 6:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMorrow6 hr
May 26, 6:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Medina, Portage, Summit6 hr
May 26, 7:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock, Wood, Wyandot5 hr
May 26, 8:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull39 hr
May 26, 8:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland8 hr
May 26, 8:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron10 hr
May 26, 10:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain46 hr
May 26, 10:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESeneca32 hr
May 26, 10:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion44 hr
May 26, 10:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion4 days
May 26, 11:02 AM EDTFlood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more11 hr
May 26, 11:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot25 hr
May 26, 12:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Wood24 hr
May 26, 1:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas5 hr
May 26, 3:05 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMedina, Summit, Wayne7 hr
May 26, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake6 hr
May 26, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
May 26, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland17 hr
May 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula66 min
May 26, 4:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca7 hr
May 26, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland45 min
May 26, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit, Wayne40 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMahoning29 hr
May 26, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland, Wayne45 min
May 26, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 26, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain7 hr
May 26, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga34 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain5 hr
May 26, 6:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas5 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.