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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 20114 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2011, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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.

044 
WUUS51 KCLE 102216
SVRCLE
OHC005-077-093-103-102300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0142.110610T2216Z-110610T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
616 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 612 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 NEW LONDON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  WELLINGTON...
  GRAFTON...
  LODI...

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 4100 8250 4129 8251 4128 8188 4099 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 293DEG 18KT 4111 8232

$$

KUBINA
1 follow-up statement
701 
WWUS51 KCLE 102240
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
640 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

OHC005-077-093-103-102300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110610T2300Z/
ASHLAND OH-HURON OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
640 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN MEDINA...SOUTHERN LORAIN...EASTERN HURON AND NORTHERN
ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 637 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 SPENCER...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
SPENCER...LODI...WESTFIELD CENTER...GLORIA GLENS PARK AND
CHIPPEWA-ON-THE-LAKE.

LAT...LON 4100 8250 4129 8251 4128 8188 4099 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 293DEG 18KT 4107 8219

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr
Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood41 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca, Wyandot48 min
Jun 10, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot41 min
Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Wayne43 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Richland44 min
Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock43 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne30 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford28 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot50 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.