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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 2, 2011Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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
Jul 2, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 9:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMadison, OHLARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON CLYDE ROAD. BRANCH COVERING BOTH LANES OF THE ROAD.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1245 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

774 
WUUS51 KCLE 030139
SVRCLE
OHC085-030230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0165.110703T0139Z-110703T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
939 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 935 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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERRY...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRY...
  MADISON...

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 4172 8100 4172 8110 4166 8110 4164 8116
      4164 8129 4158 8130 4158 8132 4174 8134
      4177 8129 4177 8126 4182 8114 4186 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 311DEG 51KT 4184 8119

$$

GARNET
2 follow-up statements
423 
WWUS51 KCLE 030200
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1000 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

OHC085-030230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110703T0230Z/
LAKE OH-
1000 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR LAKE COUNTY...

AT 958 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 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MADISON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4172 8100 4172 8110 4166 8110 4164 8116
      4164 8129 4158 8130 4158 8132 4174 8134
      4177 8129 4177 8126 4182 8114 4186 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 311DEG 51KT 4164 8089

$$

FITZ
918 
WWUS51 KCLE 030223
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1023 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

OHC085-030230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110703T0230Z/
LAKE OH-
1023 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR LAKE COUNTY...

AT 1021 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARREN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4172 8100 4172 8110 4166 8110 4164 8116
      4164 8129 4158 8130 4158 8132 4174 8134
      4177 8129 4177 8126 4182 8114 4186 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 311DEG 51KT 4142 8056

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Jul 2, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 2, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jul 2, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain63 min
Jul 2, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE81 min
Jul 2, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain59 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.