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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 11, 2011Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2011, 12:44 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 12:44 PM EDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2011, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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, 1:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Bucyrus, OH	2 LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG CRAWFORD-WYANDOT COUNTY LINE.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -371 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 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.

133 
WUUS51 KCLE 111644
SVRCLE
OHC033-111745-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0172.110711T1644Z-110711T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1244 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF CHATFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS...
  CHATFIELD...
  NEW WASHINGTON...
  GALION...
  CRESTLINE...

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 4099 8311 4099 8272 4081 8272 4071 8273
      4071 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 273DEG 24KT 4095 8302

$$

LAPLANTE

3 follow-up statements

104 
WWUS51 KCLE 111703
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-111745-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-110711T1745Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
103 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 1258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIRO TO
CHATFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...CRESTLINE
AND TIRO.

ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAWFORD 
COUNTY AFTER 130 PM.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8311 4099 8272 4081 8272 4071 8273
      4071 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 252DEG 24KT 4102 8267 4091 8286

$$

KUBINA

013 
WWUS51 KCLE 111721
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-111745-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-110711T1745Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
121 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 116 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS OVER CRAWFORD 
COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM.  
ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8311 4099 8272 4081 8272 4071 8273
      4071 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 269DEG 33KT 4084 8275

$$

KUBINA

863 
WWUS51 KCLE 111744
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-111755-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-110711T1745Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
144 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO EXPIRES AT 145 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4099 8311 4099 8272 4081 8272 4071 8273
      4071 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 269DEG 33KT 4084 8243

$$

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, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	57 min
Jul 11, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	59 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.