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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2011Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 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 22, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Sandusky, OH	MULTIPLE 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.

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

892 
WUUS51 KCLE 221858
SVRCLE
OHC043-093-221945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0198.110722T1858Z-110722T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 254 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
  CASTALIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...
  ELYRIA...
  MILAN...
  VERMILION...
  AMHERST...
  AVON LAKE...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...

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 4152 8198 4150 8198 4147 8197 4137 8197
      4128 8252 4129 8279 4137 8285 4141 8284
      4147 8265 4142 8258 4139 8249 4144 8234
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 242DEG 20KT 4137 8270

$$

KIELTYKA

1 follow-up statement

100 
WWUS51 KCLE 221920
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-093-221930-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-110722T1945Z/
LORAIN OH-ERIE OH-
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

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

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 4152 8198 4150 8198 4147 8197 4137 8197
      4128 8252 4129 8279 4137 8285 4141 8284
      4147 8265 4142 8258 4139 8249 4144 8234
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 238DEG 39KT 4145 8250

$$

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, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	57 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, 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.