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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 23, 2011Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2011, 5:58 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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 23, 2011, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 23, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lorain, OH	A FEW 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

997 
WUUS51 KCLE 232158
SVRCLE
OHC093-232300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0208.110723T2158Z-110723T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
558 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 552 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
  VERMILION...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHEFFIELD LAKE
  AVON LAKE...
  LORAIN...

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 8197 4139 8197 4133 8234 4144 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 261DEG 24KT 4144 8222

$$

OUDEMAN

4 follow-up statements

404 
WWUS51 KCLE 232216
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
616 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

OHC093-232300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-110723T2300Z/
LORAIN OH-
616 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SHEFFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4139 8197 4133 8234 4144 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 261DEG 24KT 4146 8205

$$

FITZ

564 
WWUS51 KCLE 232231
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

OHC093-232300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-110723T2300Z/
LORAIN OH-
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 628 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVON LAKE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4139 8197 4133 8234 4144 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 261DEG 24KT 4147 8192

$$

FITZ

384 
WWUS51 KCLE 232254
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
654 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

OHC093-232300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-110723T2300Z/
LORAIN OH-
654 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 651 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF AVON LAKE...OR NEAR
CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4139 8197 4133 8234 4144 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 261DEG 24KT 4149 8171

$$

FITZ

464 
WWUS51 KCLE 232255
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
655 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

OHC093-232305-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-110723T2300Z/
LORAIN OH-
655 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 700 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4139 8197 4133 8234 4144 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 261DEG 24KT 4149 8171

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 11:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
Jul 23, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	60 min
Jul 23, 1:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Knox	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca	11 hr
Jul 23, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 21 more	26 hr
Jul 23, 4:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	4 hr
Jul 23, 6:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Richland	3 hr
Jul 23, 8:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	4 hr
Jul 23, 2:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca	8 hr
Jul 23, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	4 hr
Jul 23, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Marion, Morrow	4 hr
Jul 23, 3:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wyandot	6 hr
Jul 23, 3:59 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more	23 hr
Jul 23, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	55 min
Jul 23, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Holmes	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		76 min
Jul 23, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	67 min
Jul 23, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jul 23, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wood	4 hr
Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	78 min
Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 23, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	44 min
Jul 23, 7:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	6 hr
Jul 23, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	67 min
Jul 23, 7:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock	3 hr

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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.