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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 2011Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 6:56 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 17, 2011, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

662 
WUUS51 KCLE 172256
SVRCLE
OHC033-172345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0155.110617T2256Z-110617T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND CAPABLE OF
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHATFIELD...
  NEW WASHINGTON...
  CRESTLINE...
  GALION...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4071 8285 4096 8312 4099 8311 4100 8273
      4081 8272 4072 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 305DEG 26KT 4101 8298

$$

KING
2 follow-up statements
849 
WWUS51 KCLE 172319
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-172345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110617T2345Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
719 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TIRO...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCYRUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NORTH
ROBINSON...CRESTLINE AND GALION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4096 8301 4100 8274 4099 8273 4081 8272
      4072 8273 4071 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 313DEG 22KT 4089 8281

$$
SCHULER
918 
WWUS51 KCLE 172331
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-172341-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110617T2345Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
731 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4096 8301 4100 8274 4099 8273 4081 8272
      4072 8273 4071 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 313DEG 22KT 4084 8274

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion48 min
Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca49 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion20 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.