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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 3, 2011Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2011, 10:08 PM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
Sep 3, 2011, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Sep 3, 10:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E North Baltimore, OHBARN ROOF OFF AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON EAGLEVILLE ROAD

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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2681 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

033 
WUUS51 KCLE 040208
SVRCLE
OHC063-173-040300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0280.110904T0208Z-110904T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1008 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1006 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 7 MILES
  WEST OF MCCOMB...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FINDLAY...
  MCCOMB...
  RAWSON...
  NORTH BALTIMORE...
  VAN BUREN...
  ARCADIA...

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 4126 8388 4133 8341 4100 8342 4092 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 256DEG 34KT 4111 8390

$$
SCHULER
1 follow-up statement
995 
WWUS51 KCLE 040238
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1038 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

OHC063-173-040300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-110904T0300Z/
HANCOCK OH-WOOD OH-
1038 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BAIRDSTOWN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF FINDLAY...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...WAYNE...
RISINGSUN AND BRADNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4126 8388 4133 8341 4100 8342 4092 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 256DEG 34KT 4118 8353

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Sep 4, 12:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland67 min
Sep 4, 1:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE73 min
Sep 4, 1:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina43 min
Sep 4, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE75 min
Sep 4, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake29 min
Sep 4, 2:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula44 min
Sep 4, 3:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE40 min
Sep 4, 3:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE5 days

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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.