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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 20114 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 10 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 22, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 22, 2:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 61	Toledo, OH
Jul 22, 2:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Toledo, OH	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY.
Jul 22, 2:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Maumee, OH	SEVERAL 15 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN.
Jul 22, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elmore, OH	TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Jul 22, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	S Toledo, OH	8 INCH DIAMETER LIMB DOWN SMASHED A FENCE.
Jul 22, 2:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	W Oak Harbor, OH	MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 22, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	S Toledo, OH	TREE 18-22 INCH DIAMETER DOWN.
Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	S Toledo, OH	MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Jul 22, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elmore, OH	TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Jul 22, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	W Oak Harbor, OH	MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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 22, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 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.

625 
WUUS51 KCLE 221803
SVRCLE
OHC095-123-143-173-221900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0196.110722T1803Z-110722T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
203 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WHITEHOUSE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREMONT...
  CLYDE...
  ELMORE...
  SYLVANIA...
  TOLEDO...
  PORT CLINTON...

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 4172 8389 4174 8349 4152 8294 4154 8287
      4168 8286 4170 8281 4173 8282 4169 8277
      4158 8282 4154 8271 4150 8271 4146 8298
      4142 8295 4144 8284 4126 8284 4125 8342
      4138 8342 4131 8348 4149 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 211DEG 12KT 4171 8409 4149 8358

$$

DJB

2 follow-up statements

849 
WWUS51 KCLE 221845
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
245 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

OHC095-123-143-173-221900-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-110722T1900Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
245 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SANDUSKY...OTTAWA...NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND
NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 243 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 DOWNTOWN TOLEDO TO 
GIBSONBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...OREGON...
HARBOR VIEW...GIBSONBURG...GENOA...ELMORE...CLAY CENTER...LINDSEY...
ROCKY RIDGE AND OAK HARBOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4174 8349 4158 8320 4158 8308 4152 8294
      4153 8289 4157 8287 4158 8282 4155 8278
      4154 8271 4147 8316 4146 8298 4144 8284
      4139 8319 4129 8342 4137 8343 4131 8348
      4171 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 255DEG 25KT 4171 8351 4137 8334

$$

THOMPSON

401 
WWUS51 KCLE 221856
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
256 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

OHC095-123-143-173-221907-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-110722T1900Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
256 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SANDUSKY...OTTAWA...
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 300 PM
EDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4174 8349 4158 8320 4158 8308 4152 8294
      4153 8289 4157 8287 4158 8282 4155 8278
      4154 8271 4147 8316 4146 8298 4144 8284
      4139 8319 4129 8342 4137 8343 4131 8348
      4171 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 255DEG 25KT 4173 8340 4139 8323

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 11:21 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more	7 hr
Jul 22, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	40 min
Jul 22, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Jul 22, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	44 min
Jul 22, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	6 hr
Jul 22, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	31 min
Jul 22, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		110 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	22 min
Jul 22, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	63 min
Jul 22, 3:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	4 hr
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	52 min
Jul 22, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	5 hr
Jul 22, 3:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	5 hr
Jul 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more	28 hr
Jul 22, 3:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	4 hr
Jul 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Summit	5 hr
Jul 22, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	67 min
Jul 22, 4:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Sandusky	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	2 hr
Jul 22, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		98 min
Jul 22, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	4 hr
Jul 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	40 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit, Wayne	62 min
Jul 22, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	43 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.