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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 3, 2011Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2011, 6:28 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2011-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1828 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

004 
WUUS51 KCLE 032146
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-032245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0278.110903T2146Z-110903T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
546 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 539 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 NEAR WHITEHOUSE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERVILLE...
  SYLVANIA...
  TOLEDO...
  HOLLAND...
  PERRYSBURG...
  ROSSFORD...

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 4172 8387 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4162 8317
      4162 8341 4156 8341 4147 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 264DEG 18KT 4157 8384

$$

MULLEN
2 follow-up statements
404 
WWUS51 KCLE 032213
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
613 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

OHC095-173-032245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0278.000000T0000Z-110903T2245Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
613 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAUMEE...OR 6 MILES
NORTH OF WATERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
TOLEDO...ROSSFORD...WALBRIDGE...NORTHWOOD...MILLBURY...OREGON AND
HARBOR VIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8375 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4163 8318
      4162 8341 4156 8341 4152 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 264DEG 18KT 4158 8366

$$
SCHULER
832 
WWUS51 KCLE 032228
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
628 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

OHC095-173-032238-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0278.000000T0000Z-110903T2245Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
628 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN
WOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 4172 8375 4174 8345 4173 8344 4173 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4163 8318
      4162 8341 4156 8341 4152 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 264DEG 18KT 4159 8356

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion33 min
Sep 3, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.