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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 27, 2011Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 1:19 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 27, 2011, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 27, 1:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSolon, OHSEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN

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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

296 
WUUS51 KCLE 271719
SVRCLE
OHC035-103-153-271800-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0019.110427T1719Z-110427T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
119 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND TO WADSWORTH...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND...
  AKRON...
  BARBERTON...
  PARMA...
  TALLMADGE...
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
  HUDSON...
  MACEDONIA...
  EUCLID...
  TWINSBURG...
  SOLON...

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 4162 8149 4157 8149 4157 8141 4102 8140
      4099 8174 4150 8175 4150 8170 4158 8158
      4161 8154 4162 8152 4161 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 217DEG 40KT 4154 8178 4100 8177

$$

LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
288 
WWUS51 KCLE 271743
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
143 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

OHC035-103-153-271800-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110427T1800Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-
143 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR SUMMIT...MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

AT 141 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 10 MILES NORTH OF EUCLID TO PENINSULA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
  CLEVELAND...          AKRON...

LAT...LON 4162 8149 4157 8149 4157 8141 4102 8140
      4099 8174 4150 8175 4150 8170 4158 8158
      4161 8154 4162 8152 4161 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 217DEG 40KT 4175 8156 4121 8156

$$

KUBINA
763 
WWUS51 KCLE 271759
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
159 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

OHC035-103-153-271808-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110427T1800Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-
159 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMMIT...MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 PM EDT...

A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT CUYAHOGA COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 
145 PM EDT.  

LAT...LON 4162 8149 4157 8149 4157 8141 4102 8140
      4099 8174 4150 8175 4150 8170 4158 8158
      4161 8154 4162 8152 4161 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 217DEG 40KT 4188 8142 4134 8143

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:25 AM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood17 min
Apr 27, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow, Richland49 min
Apr 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland33 min
Apr 27, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain41 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Wayne39 min
Apr 27, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Apr 27, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake50 min
Apr 27, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE64 min
Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 hr
Apr 27, 4:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMahoning5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.