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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 23, 2011Holmes County, Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT for Holmes County, Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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
Mar 23, 2011, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 23, 3:35 PM EDTHAIL 12 Ne Millersburg, OH
Mar 23, 3:44 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Berlin, OH
Mar 23, 3:55 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Glenmont, OHSPOTTER MEASURED 1.75 INCH HAIL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2011-03-23Temperature 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 2011-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 546 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
546 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
612 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.

550 
WUUS51 KCLE 231927
SVRCLE
OHC075-151-169-232030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0004.110323T1927Z-110323T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
327 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 324 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 NEAR
  KILLBUCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BERLIN...
  WALNUT CREEK...
  WINESBURG...
  FARMERSTOWN...
  MOUNT EATON...
  WILMOT...
  BREWSTER...
  NAVARRE...
  EAST SPARTA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

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 4045 8217 4057 8218 4057 8221 4066 8222
      4067 8212 4078 8212 4079 8109 4073 8108
      4071 8122 4064 8124 4064 8143 4065 8146
      4063 8165 4045 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 268DEG 30KT 4053 8196

$$

KIELTYKA
1 follow-up statement
052 
WWUS51 KCLE 232013
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
413 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

OHC075-151-169-232024-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110323T2030Z/
WAYNE OH-STARK OH-HOLMES OH-
413 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOLMES...SOUTHERN STARK AND
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4045 8217 4057 8218 4057 8221 4066 8222
      4067 8212 4078 8212 4079 8109 4073 8108
      4071 8122 4064 8124 4064 8143 4065 8146
      4063 8165 4045 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 268DEG 30KT 4052 8144

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland57 min
Mar 23, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow44 min
Mar 23, 2:50 PM EDTFreezing Rain AdvisoryCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 17 more13 hr
Mar 23, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland28 min
Mar 23, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit58 min

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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.