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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 13, 2011Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2011, 2:16 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 13, 2011, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mahoning County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 13, 2:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 W Canfield, OH	LARGE LIMBS DOWN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

981 
WUUS51 KCLE 131816
SVRCLE
OHC099-131900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0044.110513T1816Z-110513T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
216 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 213 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 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YOUNGSTOWN...
  CANFIELD...
  BOARDMAN...
  CAMPBELL...

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 4091 8081 4092 8081 4093 8088 4089 8090
      4090 8100 4099 8106 4099 8100 4105 8100
      4114 8080 4113 8051 4099 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 244DEG 20KT 4098 8091

$$

KING

1 follow-up statement

605 
WWUS51 KCLE 131840
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

OHC099-131900-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110513T1900Z/
MAHONING OH-
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR MAHONING COUNTY...

AT 236 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 CANFIELD...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
AUSTINTOWN...BOARDMAN...YOUNGSTOWN...CAMPBELL...STRUTHERS AND POLAND.

LAT...LON 4091 8081 4092 8081 4096 8084 4097 8089
      4100 8094 4107 8092 4114 8080 4113 8051
      4099 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 244DEG 20KT 4103 8078

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	42 min
May 13, 9:27 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes and 12 more	14 hr
May 13, 12:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	5 hr
May 13, 2:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and 1 more	5 hr
May 13, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	41 min
May 13, 2:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	3 hr
May 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Richland	112 min
May 13, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	62 min
May 13, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	4 hr
May 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	28 min
May 13, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	5 hr
May 13, 6:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	5 hr
May 13, 7:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	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.