Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2011, 8:53 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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 18, 2011, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 18, 8:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cleveland, OH | MEDIA REPORTED PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350
WUUS51 KCLE 190053
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-190200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0252.110819T0053Z-110819T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
853 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 848 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
CLEVELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOLON...
SOUTH RUSSELL...
CHESTERLAND...
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 4162 8149 4157 8148 4157 8130 4159 8130
4157 8116 4135 8115 4135 8159 4134 8159
4133 8160 4134 8174 4150 8173 4156 8160
4162 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 279DEG 30KT 4149 8157
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
140
WWUS51 KCLE 190126
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
926 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
OHC035-190136-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110819T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
926 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4157 8116 4135 8115 4135 8139 4142 8139
4143 8138 4144 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139
4157 8130 4159 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 289DEG 18KT 4146 8130
$$
OHC055-190200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110819T0200Z/
GEAUGA OH-
926 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY...
AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH RUSSELL...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHARDON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...AQUILLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 8116 4135 8115 4135 8139 4142 8139
4143 8138 4144 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139
4157 8130 4159 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 289DEG 18KT 4146 8130
$$
SCHULER836
WWUS51 KCLE 190154
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
954 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
OHC055-190204-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110819T0200Z/
GEAUGA OH-
954 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1000 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4157 8116 4135 8115 4135 8139 4142 8139
4143 8138 4144 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139
4157 8130 4159 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 289DEG 18KT 4141 8112
$$
SCHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 3:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 4:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 107 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 5:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 87 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.