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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 12, 2011Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake 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
May 12, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

275 
WUUS51 KCLE 121933
SVRCLE
OHC007-055-085-122015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0031.110512T1933Z-110512T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  EASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF AQUILLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY
RURAL WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY

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 4178 8093 4154 8092 4153 8121 4171 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 268DEG 12KT 4164 8112

$$

OUDEMAN
1 follow-up statement
586 
WWUS51 KCLE 121957
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
357 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

OHC007-055-085-122015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110512T2015Z/
GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-ASHTABULA OH-
357 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ASHTABULA...EASTERN LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA
COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AQUILLA...OR NEAR
CHARDON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY AND RURAL WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN INCH AND QUARTER DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED AT HAMDEM TWP.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4178 8093 4154 8092 4153 8121 4171 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 277DEG 11KT 4162 8110

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland49 min
May 12, 6:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Wayne57 min
May 12, 7:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes58 min
May 12, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE82 min
May 12, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain40 min
May 12, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca56 min
May 12, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake3 hr
May 12, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne55 min
May 12, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron51 min
May 12, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Portage, Summit64 min
May 12, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit67 min
May 12, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 5 more10 hr
May 12, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake46 min
May 12, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull41 min
May 12, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron3 hr
May 12, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull51 min
May 12, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga45 min
May 12, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne47 min
May 12, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull9 hr
May 12, 5:29 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron7 hr
May 12, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE77 min
May 12, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning47 min
May 12, 6:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky, Seneca3 hr
May 12, 6:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake4 hr

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.