Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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 9, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 9, 6:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fremont, OH | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Aug 9, 6:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fremont, OH | THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL LARGE TREES. |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fremont, OH | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UPROOTED. HOMES DAMAGED FROM DOWNED TREES. |
| Aug 9, 6:52 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Green Springs, OH | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
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 9, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884
WUUS51 KCLE 092219
SVRCLE
OHC143-147-092300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0237.110809T2219Z-110809T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
619 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREMONT...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREMONT...
CLYDE...
GREEN SPRINGS...
BELLEVUE...
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 4137 8342 4146 8333 4146 8316 4145 8304
4146 8298 4143 8294 4143 8291 4145 8289
4144 8284 4112 8284 4118 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 272DEG 21KT 4141 8319
$$
MULLEN1 follow-up statement
710
WWUS51 KCLE 092235
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
635 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
OHC143-147-092300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110809T2300Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
635 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SANDUSKY AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN THE FREEMONT
AREA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CLYDE
AND BELLEVUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4134 8337 4142 8327 4146 8316 4145 8304
4146 8298 4143 8294 4143 8291 4145 8289
4144 8284 4112 8284 4118 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 272DEG 21KT 4141 8307
$$
SCHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 49 hr | |
| Aug 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 89 min | |
| Aug 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 69 min |
| Aug 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| Aug 9, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca | 46 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.