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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 2, 2011Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 11:46 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 2, 2011, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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, 11:57 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 51Elyria, OHA 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE LORAIN COUNTY AIRPORT.
Jul 2, 11:58 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Amherst, OHNICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS OBSERVED.

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2975 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 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
2975 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

454 
WUUS51 KCLE 030346
SVRCLE
OHC093-030445-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0167.110703T0346Z-110703T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1146 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 75 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...
  ELYRIA...
  GRAFTON...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
  AVON LAKE...

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 4151 8197 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4128 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4107 8233 4143 8235
      4144 8226 4147 8221 4152 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 266DEG 14KT 4137 8223

$$

KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
522 
WWUS51 KCLE 030405
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

OHC093-030445-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-110703T0445Z/
LORAIN OH-
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 1202 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELYRIA...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
SHEFFIELD...SHEFFIELD LAKE...GRAFTON...AVON...EATON ESTATES...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE AND AVON LAKE.

LAT...LON 4151 8197 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4128 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4107 8233 4143 8235
      4144 8226 4147 8221 4152 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 266DEG 14KT 4138 8213

$$

FITZ
288 
WWUS51 KCLE 030445
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1245 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

OHC093-030455-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-110703T0445Z/
LORAIN OH-
1245 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LORAIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245
AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4151 8197 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4128 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4107 8233 4143 8235
      4144 8226 4147 8221 4152 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 266DEG 14KT 4138 8213

$$

MULLEN

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, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake51 min
Jul 2, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain63 min
Jul 2, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE81 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.