Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 8:54 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairview Park, OH | LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED. |
| Jun 21, 9:19 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Westlake, OH | |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | North Olmsted, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755
WUUS51 KCLE 220054
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-103-220200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0161.110622T0054Z-110622T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
854 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
WESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...
ELYRIA...
STRONGSVILLE...
CLEVELAND...
GRAFTON...
BRUNSWICK...
NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
WESTLAKE...
PARMA...
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 4160 8154 4107 8194 4107 8223 4150 8213
4153 8200 4150 8194 4149 8185 4151 8179
4150 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160 4159 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 195DEG 24KT 4115 8210
$$
ABE2 follow-up statements
429
WWUS51 KCLE 220149
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
OHC035-093-103-220200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110622T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA...EASTERN LORAIN AND WESTERN CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES...
AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVON LAKE...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....
LAT...LON 4160 8154 4107 8194 4107 8223 4150 8213
4153 8200 4150 8194 4149 8185 4151 8179
4150 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160 4159 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 195DEG 24KT 4151 8197
$$
FITZ743
WWUS51 KCLE 220154 CCA
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
OHC035-093-103-220200-
/O.COR.KCLE.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110622T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA...EASTERN LORAIN AND WESTERN CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES...
AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVON LAKE...OR 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....
LAT...LON 4160 8154 4107 8194 4107 8223 4150 8213
4153 8200 4150 8194 4149 8185 4151 8179
4150 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160 4159 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 195DEG 24KT 4151 8197
$$
FITZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 28 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.