Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2011, 2:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 6 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
- Aug 1, 2011, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Medina County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Wadsworth, OH | |
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wadsworth, OH | |
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Wadsworth, OH | |
| Aug 1, 3:06 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Akron, OH | |
| Aug 1, 3:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Wadsworth, OH | |
| Aug 1, 3:16 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | W Wadsworth, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975 WUUS51 KCLE 011857 SVRCLE OHC103-151-153-169-012000- /O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0229.110801T1857Z-110801T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 257 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 252 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 WADSWORTH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TALLMADGE... NORTH CANTON... 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 4084 8139 4086 8185 4117 8188 4116 8141 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 316DEG 23KT 4099 8167 $$ LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
849 WWUS51 KCLE 011924 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 324 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 OHC103-151-153-169-012000- /O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110801T2000Z/ MEDINA OH-STARK OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH- 324 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN SUMMIT...NORTHWESTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES... AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANAL FULTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NORTH CANTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. && LAT...LON 4084 8139 4086 8185 4117 8188 4116 8141 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 316DEG 23KT 4086 8152 $$ LOMBARDY
780 WWUS51 KCLE 011954 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 354 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 OHC103-151-153-169-012004- /O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110801T2000Z/ MEDINA OH-STARK OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH- 354 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN SUMMIT...NORTHWESTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4084 8139 4086 8185 4117 8188 4116 8141 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 316DEG 23KT 4072 8135 $$ LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 96 min | |
| Aug 1, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 12:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Aug 1, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Wood | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 44 min | |
| Aug 1, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Portage, Summit, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 30 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.