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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 14, 2011Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 6:05 PM EST for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 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.

215 
WUUS51 KCLE 142305
SVRCLE
OHC007-055-142330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0296.111114T2305Z-111114T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 602 PM EST...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 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ORWELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON...
  ANDOVER...

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 4150 8052 4150 8101 4145 8101 4137 8139
      4142 8139 4143 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139
      4157 8130 4164 8130 4164 8111 4171 8110
      4179 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 267DEG 61KT 4162 8093

$$

MULLEN

1 follow-up statement

016 
WWUS51 KCLE 142332
SVSCLE

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

OHC007-055-142342-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/
GEAUGA OH-ASHTABULA OH-
632 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ASHTABULA AND GEAUGA
COUNTIES 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 4150 8052 4150 8101 4145 8101 4137 8139
      4142 8139 4143 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139
      4157 8130 4164 8130 4164 8111 4171 8110
      4179 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 267DEG 61KT 4161 8093

$$

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, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	59 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, 6:32 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.