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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 8:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 67 min. 3 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, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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, 8:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Rittman, OH | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Savannah, OH | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL |
| Aug 9, 8:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Savannah, 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 9, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884
WUUS51 KCLE 100023
SVRCLE
OHC005-103-153-169-100130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0245.110810T0023Z-110810T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
823 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 817 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
POLK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY MAY
ALSO BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOOSTER...
RITTMAN...
AKRON...
WEST SALEM...
HAYESVILLE...
LODI...
CRESTON...
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 4069 8232 4073 8234 4073 8238 4080 8239
4081 8242 4099 8241 4104 8218 4105 8206
4114 8169 4114 8139 4099 8139 4099 8142
4091 8142 4092 8165 4067 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 302DEG 22KT 4094 8225
$$
MULLEN1 follow-up statement
090
WWUS51 KCLE 100043
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
843 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
OHC005-103-153-169-100130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-110810T0130Z/
ASHLAND OH-MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH-
843 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE...SOUTHERN SUMMIT...SOUTHERN MEDINA AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN RITTMAN REPORTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONGRESS...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WOOSTER...SMITHVILLE...APPLE CREEK...ORRVILLE...MOUNT EATON AND
DALTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4069 8232 4073 8234 4073 8238 4080 8239
4081 8242 4099 8241 4104 8218 4105 8206
4114 8169 4114 8139 4099 8139 4099 8142
4091 8142 4092 8165 4067 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 302DEG 22KT 4087 8211
$$
SCHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 75 min |
| Aug 9, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:40 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 16 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 38 min | |
| Aug 10, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 118 min | |
| Aug 10, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 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.