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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 11, 2011Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2011, 1:14 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 11, 2011, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2011, 1:58 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

754 
WUUS51 KCLE 111714
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-111815-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0175.110711T1714Z-110711T1815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 112 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 13
  MILES WEST OF CASTALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDUSKY...
  NORWALK...
  FITCHVILLE...
  CASTALIA...
  MILAN...
  WAKEMAN...
  NEW LONDON...

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 4142 8258 4139 8249 4143 8235 4107 8234
      4107 8283 4146 8285 4148 8284 4149 8282
      4146 8277 4147 8269 4151 8272 4151 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 287DEG 22KT 4136 8304

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

987 
WWUS51 KCLE 111741
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-077-111815-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-110711T1815Z/
HURON OH-ERIE OH-
141 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF HURON TO NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
FITCHVILLE...WAKEMAN AND NEW LONDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4142 8258 4139 8249 4143 8235 4107 8234
      4107 8283 4146 8285 4148 8284 4149 8282
      4146 8277 4147 8269 4151 8272 4151 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 278DEG 29KT 4143 8239 4119 8255

$$

KUBINA

957 
WWUS51 KCLE 111758
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-077-111808-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-110711T1815Z/
HURON OH-ERIE OH-
158 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 4142 8258 4139 8249 4143 8235 4107 8234
      4107 8283 4146 8285 4148 8284 4149 8282
      4146 8277 4147 8269 4151 8272 4151 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 278DEG 29KT 4141 8221 4117 8237

$$

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, 12:44 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, 1:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.