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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 11, 2011Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2011, 12:18 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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 11, 2011, 12:18 PM EDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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
Jul 11, 12:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Holland, OH	ESTIMATED 65 MPH WITH LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. ALSO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

220 
WUUS51 KCLE 111618
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-111715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0170.110711T1618Z-110711T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1218 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF SYLVANIA
  TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSTAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERVILLE...
  TOLEDO...
  SYLVANIA...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  OREGON...
  NORTHWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4150 8389 4173 8388 4174 8345 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4165 8321
      4163 8317 4162 8317 4162 8341 4118 8342
      4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 266DEG 51KT 4176 8392 4137 8393

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

082 
WWUS51 KCLE 111644
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1244 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

OHC095-173-111715-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-110711T1715Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
1244 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TOLEDO TO PORTAGE...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...HARBOR
VIEW...RISINGSUN...WAYNE AND PEMBERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4150 8389 4173 8388 4174 8345 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4165 8321
      4163 8317 4162 8317 4162 8341 4118 8342
      4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 266DEG 51KT 4169 8351 4132 8356

$$

KUBINA

366 
WWUS51 KCLE 111710
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
110 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

OHC095-173-111715-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-110711T1715Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
110 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 107 PM EDT...THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPETED THE 
WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA TO THE EAST.  

A 63 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN TOLEDO WITH SEVERAL LARGE TREE 
LIMBS REPORTED DOWN IN HOLLAND.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4150 8389 4173 8388 4174 8345 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4165 8321
      4163 8317 4162 8317 4162 8341 4118 8342
      4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 266DEG 51KT 4171 8303 4134 8309

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	43 min
Jul 11, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	63 min
Jul 11, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
Jul 11, 12:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wood	4 hr
Jul 11, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	59 min
Jul 11, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	61 min
Jul 11, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock	4 hr
Jul 11, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wyandot	47 min
Jul 11, 1:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Richland	44 min
Jul 11, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	44 min
Jul 11, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow, Richland	59 min
Jul 11, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	39 min
Jul 11, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	61 min
Jul 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	60 min
Jul 11, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		84 min
Jul 11, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	67 min
Jul 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	56 min
Jul 11, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	65 min
Jul 11, 3:17 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.