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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 2011Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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
May 10, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 4:59 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Sheffield, OH
May 10, 5:12 PM EDTHAIL 1Sheffield Lake, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

083 
WUUS51 KCLE 102047
SVRCLE
OHC093-102130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0025.110510T2047Z-110510T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
447 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORAIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AVON LAKE...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...

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 4151 8198 4137 8199 4143 8225 4145 8225
      4146 8222 4146 8220 4148 8219 4151 8207
      4150 8206 4152 8204 4152 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 281DEG 11KT 4148 8218

$$

ABE
3 follow-up statements
433 
WWUS51 KCLE 102104
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

OHC093-102130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110510T2130Z/
LORAIN OH-
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHEFFIELD LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 10 
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
SHEFFIELD LAKE...SHEFFIELD...AVON LAKE...AVON AND NORTH RIDGEVILLE.

LAT...LON 4151 8198 4137 8199 4143 8225 4145 8225
      4146 8222 4146 8220 4148 8219 4151 8207
      4150 8206 4152 8204 4152 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 266DEG 8KT 4148 8212

$$

WILLARD
379 
WWUS51 KCLE 102121
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
521 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

OHC093-102130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110510T2130Z/
LORAIN OH-
521 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHEFFIELD LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 10 
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...AVON
LAKE...AVON AND NORTH RIDGEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SHEFFIELD LAKE WITH THIS 
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 8204 4152 8200 4151 8198 4137 8199
      4142 8211 4147 8216 4150 8207 4150 8206
      4151 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 266DEG 8KT 4148 8207

$$

WILLARD
491 
WWUS51 KCLE 102130
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

OHC093-102141-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110510T2130Z/
LORAIN OH-
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 530 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4151 8204 4152 8200 4151 8198 4137 8199
      4142 8211 4147 8216 4150 8207 4150 8206
      4151 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 266DEG 8KT 4148 8207

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood50 min
May 10, 9:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wyandot48 min
May 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE82 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.