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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 12, 2011Ashland County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT for Ashland County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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: May 12, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
May 12, 5:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 S Medina, OH

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
May 12, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 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.

655 
WUUS51 KCLE 122058
SVRCLE
OHC005-103-169-122145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0041.110512T2058Z-110512T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 454 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
  LODI...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDINA...
  RITTMAN...
  CRESTON...
  WADSWORTH...
  DOYLESTOWN...

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 4093 8217 4114 8217 4114 8212 4114 8208
      4115 8207 4121 8168 4099 8169 4098 8167
      4091 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 261DEG 23KT 4106 8200

$$

OUDEMAN

1 follow-up statement

710 
WWUS51 KCLE 122124
SVSCLE

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

OHC005-122134-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110512T2145Z/
ASHLAND OH-
524 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4098 8198 4116 8205 4121 8169 4116 8168
      4099 8169 4098 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 23KT 4110 8176

$$

OHC103-169-122145-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110512T2145Z/
MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
524 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHERN WAYNE AND MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....MEDINA 
AND WADSWORTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4098 8198 4116 8205 4121 8169 4116 8168
      4099 8169 4098 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 259DEG 23KT 4110 8176

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	49 min
May 12, 6:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Wayne	57 min
May 12, 7:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	58 min
May 12, 8:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		82 min
May 12, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	40 min
May 12, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	42 min
May 12, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca	56 min
May 12, 3:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	3 hr
May 12, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Wayne	55 min
May 12, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	51 min
May 12, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Portage, Summit	64 min
May 12, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	67 min
May 12, 4:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 5 more	10 hr
May 12, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	46 min
May 12, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	41 min
May 12, 4:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	3 hr
May 12, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	51 min
May 12, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	45 min
May 12, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	9 hr
May 12, 5:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	7 hr
May 12, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		77 min
May 12, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	47 min
May 12, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
May 12, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	4 hr

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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.