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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 298, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 14, 2011Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 6:52 PM EST for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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: Nov 14, 2011, 6:52 PM EST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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
Nov 14, 6:53 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Kent, OH	LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

410 
WUUS51 KCLE 142352
SVRCLE
OHC133-150045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0298.111114T2352Z-111115T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 648 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 11
  MILES WEST OF KENT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAVENNA...
  KENT...
  STREETSBORO...
  MANTUA...
  GARRETTSVILLE...

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 4099 8139 4135 8139 4135 8109 4135 8101
      4099 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 274DEG 32KT 4113 8152

$$

MULLEN

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, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	25 min
Nov 14, 6:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.