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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 2011Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 17, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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
Jun 17, 4:45 PM EDTHAIL 1Waldo, OH
Jun 17, 4:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Waldo, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 364 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

736 
WUUS51 KCLE 172027
SVRCLE
OHC101-172115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0152.110617T2027Z-110617T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
427 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 426 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
  MARION...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROSPECT...
  WALDO...

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 4044 8323 4045 8326 4050 8326 4050 8333
      4054 8331 4065 8325 4057 8296 4049 8296
      4048 8301 4043 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 294DEG 16KT 4052 8317

$$

KING
2 follow-up statements
523 
WWUS51 KCLE 172050
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

OHC101-172115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110617T2115Z/
MARION OH-
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 448 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALDO...OR 9
MILES SOUTH OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4044 8323 4045 8326 4051 8325 4058 8303
      4057 8296 4050 8296 4049 8298 4048 8301
      4043 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 313DEG 16KT 4045 8306

$$
SCHULER
775 
WWUS51 KCLE 172108
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
508 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

OHC101-172118-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110617T2115Z/
MARION OH-
508 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 515 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4044 8323 4045 8326 4051 8325 4058 8303
      4057 8296 4050 8296 4049 8298 4048 8301
      4043 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 313DEG 16KT 4039 8298

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca49 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion20 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.