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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 14, 2011Crawford County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 5:31 PM EST for Crawford County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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: Nov 14, 2011, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

872 
WUUS51 KCLE 142231
SVRCLE
OHC033-147-175-142330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0295.111114T2231Z-111114T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
531 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 530 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMVILLE
  TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYCAMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHATFIELD...
  NEW WASHINGTON...

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 4125 8302 4124 8284 4100 8283 4099 8272
      4088 8273 4086 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 267DEG 39KT 4113 8290 4086 8330

$$

KUBINA

1 follow-up statement

574 
WWUS51 KCLE 142330
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
630 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHC033-147-175-142340-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-SENECA OH-
630 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND EASTERN SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT 630 PM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH OTHER 
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4125 8302 4124 8284 4100 8283 4099 8272
      4088 8273 4086 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 267DEG 39KT 4116 8205 4089 8246

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 10:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		17 hr
Nov 14, 2:00 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		75 min
Nov 14, 3:42 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	3 hr
Nov 14, 3:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	39 min
Nov 14, 4:07 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Nov 14, 4:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Nov 14, 4:27 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		78 min
Nov 14, 5:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	6 hr
Nov 14, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	61 min
Nov 14, 5:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		78 min
Nov 14, 5:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wyandot	28 min
Nov 14, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	25 min
Nov 14, 6:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	28 min
Nov 14, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	53 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.