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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 23, 2011Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 23, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 7:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Cleveland, OH	A FEW TREES DOWN
Jul 23, 7:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Burton, OH	A FEW TREES 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, 11.3 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-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: 834 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

598 
WUUS51 KCLE 232316
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-240000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0210.110723T2316Z-110724T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 714 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 CLEVELAND TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  SOUTH RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH RUSSELL...
  EUCLID...
  CHESTERLAND...
  CHESTERLAND...
  BURTON...

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 4157 8148 4157 8130 4161 8130 4135 8100
      4135 8152 4149 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160
      4162 8154 4164 8150 4164 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 237DEG 17KT 4155 8167 4136 8131

$$

OUDEMAN

3 follow-up statements

001 
WWUS51 KCLE 232327
SVSCLE

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

OHC035-055-240000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-
727 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA AND NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

AT 723 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 BRATENAHL TO BAINBRIDGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...RICHMOND
HEIGHTS...HIGHLAND HEIGHTS...MAYFIELD...GATES MILLS...EUCLID...
CHESTERLAND AND BURTON.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8130 4161 8130 4135 8100
      4135 8152 4149 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160
      4162 8154 4164 8150 4164 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 237DEG 17KT 4158 8161 4139 8125

$$

FITZ

381 
WWUS51 KCLE 232350
SVSCLE

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

OHC035-055-240000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-
750 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA AND NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

AT 746 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EUCLID TO
BURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...RURAL
CENTRAL GEAUGA COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8130 4161 8130 4135 8100
      4135 8152 4149 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160
      4162 8154 4164 8150 4164 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 17KT 4164 8149 4145 8113

$$

FITZ

573 
WWUS51 KCLE 240001
SVSCLE

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

OHC035-055-240011-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-
801 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA AND
NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8130 4161 8130 4135 8100
      4135 8152 4149 8174 4156 8163 4156 8160
      4162 8154 4164 8150 4164 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 17KT 4164 8149 4145 8113

$$

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, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	62 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, 7:36 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.