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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 9, 2011Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 9:12 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 9, 2011, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2011, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 9:57 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 06 N Hubbard, OH60 MPH IN MASURY

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 9, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

202 
WUUS51 KCLE 100112
SVRCLE
OHC099-133-155-100215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0247.110810T0112Z-110810T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
912 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARRETTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT     
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARREN...
  YOUNGSTOWN...
  BRISTOLVILLE...
  LORDSTOWN...
  NILES...
  CORTLAND...
  HUBBARD...
  CAMPBELL...

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 4102 8052 4114 8113 4135 8110 4135 8100
      4139 8100 4135 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 285DEG 29KT 4126 8099

$$

MULLEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit47 min
Aug 9, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Summit, Wayne67 min
Aug 9, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark75 min
Aug 10, 3:40 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementCLEAshtabula, Lake16 hr
Aug 10, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE38 min
Aug 10, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 10, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr

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.