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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2011Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT for Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2011, 2:57 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 2:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Rittman, OHSEVERAL DOWNED TREES.
Jul 22, 2:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRittman, OHSEVERAL TREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2011-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3887 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 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.

927 
WUUS51 KCLE 221826
SVRCLE
OHC103-169-221930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0197.110722T1826Z-110722T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 225 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 NEAR
  CRESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  RITTMAN...
  MEDINA...
  CRESTON...
  ORRVILLE...
  MOUNT EATON...
  DALTON...
  DOYLESTOWN...
  WADSWORTH...
  BRUNSWICK...

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 8213 4100 8217 4113 8217 4114 8208
      4120 8207 4120 8198 4128 8197 4127 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8166 4092 8165 4067 8165
      4067 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 252DEG 17KT 4091 8193

$$

KIELTYKA
1 follow-up statement
853 
WWUS51 KCLE 221857
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-169-221908-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-110722T1930Z/
MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
257 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE AND MEDINA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

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

LAT...LON 4099 8213 4100 8217 4113 8217 4114 8208
      4120 8207 4120 8198 4128 8197 4127 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8166 4092 8165 4067 8165
      4067 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 252DEG 17KT 4096 8174

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 11:21 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more7 hr
Jul 22, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood40 min
Jul 22, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jul 22, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot44 min
Jul 22, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood57 min
Jul 22, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood6 hr
Jul 22, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain22 min
Jul 22, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
Jul 22, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood4 hr
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain52 min
Jul 22, 3:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga5 hr
Jul 22, 3:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina, Wayne5 hr
Jul 22, 3:54 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEAshland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more28 hr
Jul 22, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wyandot4 hr
Jul 22, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Summit5 hr
Jul 22, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake67 min
Jul 22, 4:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky3 hr
Jul 22, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake2 hr
Jul 22, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE98 min
Jul 22, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Trumbull4 hr
Jul 22, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull40 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne62 min
Jul 22, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark43 min

Nearby

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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.