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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 2011Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2011, 8:20 PM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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 22, 2011, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -117 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

082 
WUUS51 KCLE 230020
SVRCLE
OHC043-123-143-230100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0164.110623T0020Z-110623T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
820 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  EASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 818 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 NEAR CASTALIA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PORT CLINTON...
  SANDUSKY...
  CASTALIA...
  KELLEYS ISLAND...
  PUT-IN-BAY...

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 4169 8277 4161 8283 4158 8282 4155 8278
      4156 8274 4158 8271 4160 8275 4163 8267
      4159 8267 4156 8273 4151 8271 4141 8256
      4125 8288 4139 8307 4154 8299 4154 8288
      4160 8283 4164 8287 4169 8286 4174 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 222DEG 33KT 4139 8287

$$

ABE
1 follow-up statement
735 
WWUS51 KCLE 230044
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
844 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

OHC043-123-143-230100-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-110623T0100Z/
OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-ERIE OH-
844 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND EASTERN SANDUSKY
AND EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 832 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 NEAR SANDUSKY. A SECOND STRONG STORM 
WAS NORTHEAST OF BELLEVUE NEAR THE OHIO TURNPIKE. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WINDS. SEEK SHELTER 
INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4143 8295 4145 8286 4149 8285 4152 8279
      4157 8282 4155 8278 4156 8273 4158 8271
      4160 8274 4163 8268 4159 8267 4156 8273
      4152 8272 4141 8257 4125 8288 4138 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 222DEG 33KT 4154 8269

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 22, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
Jun 23, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.