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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 13, 2011Medina County, Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2011, 4:46 PM EDT for Medina County, Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2011, 5:14 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 4:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clinton, OH	A TREE DOWN AND A LARGE LIMB.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

707 
WUUS51 KCLE 132046
SVRCLE
OHC103-153-169-132145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.110513T2046Z-110513T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 444 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
  RITTMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AKRON...
  DOYLESTOWN...
  WADSWORTH...
  BARBERTON...
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...

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 4098 8195 4122 8153 4099 8141 4091 8142
      4092 8165 4088 8165 4082 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 239DEG 10KT 4095 8178

$$

KING

1 follow-up statement

578 
WWUS51 KCLE 132114
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-153-169-132124-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110513T2145Z/
MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH-
514 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN
SUMMIT AND SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4098 8195 4122 8153 4099 8141 4091 8142
      4092 8165 4088 8165 4082 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 239DEG 10KT 4099 8169

$$
SCHULER

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, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	44 min
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, 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

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.