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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 2011Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 21, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Jun 21, 8:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Toledo, OH	LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.
Jun 21, 8:11 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Toledo, OH	THE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN POINT PLACE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 3352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 14.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

845 
WUUS51 KCLE 220002
SVRCLE
OHC095-220030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0159.110622T0002Z-110622T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
802 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 758 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
  TOLEDO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHERN LUCAS 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 4173 8370 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4169 8329
      4163 8327 4162 8357 4160 8358 4153 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 185DEG 15KT 4166 8356

$$

ABE

2 follow-up statements

124 
WWUS51 KCLE 220016
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
816 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

OHC095-220030-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110622T0030Z/
LUCAS OH-
816 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY...

AT 812 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 TOLEDO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

LAT...LON 4173 8370 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4169 8329
      4163 8327 4162 8357 4160 8358 4153 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 185DEG 15KT 4171 8355

$$

FITZ

250 
WWUS51 KCLE 220024 RRA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

OHC095-220034-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110622T0030Z/
LUCAS OH-
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 830 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4173 8370 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4169 8329
      4163 8327 4162 8357 4160 8358 4153 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 185DEG 15KT 4175 8355

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	4 hr
Jun 21, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	42 min
Jun 21, 8:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Wayne	4 hr
Jun 21, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	66 min
Jun 21, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 min
Jun 21, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Portage, Stark, Summit	67 min
Jun 21, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Jun 21, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull	46 min
Jun 22, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.