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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 4, 2011Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 8:32 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 4, 2011, 8:32 AM EDT (12:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 8:55 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 719 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.

915 
WUUS51 KCLE 041232
SVRCLE
OHC035-041315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0005.110404T1232Z-110404T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
832 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 831 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
  EUCLID...
  SOLON...

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 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138
      4135 8138 4135 8158 4127 8155 4128 8186
      4134 8187 4135 8197 4150 8196 4149 8192
      4150 8182 4150 8173 4163 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 249DEG 45KT 4143 8178

$$

THOMPSON

2 follow-up statements

654 
WWUS51 KCLE 041244
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
844 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

OHC035-041315-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110404T1315Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
844 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

AT 839 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBURGH HEIGHTS...OR
NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
LYNDHURST...BEACHWOOD...SOUTH EUCLID...PEPPER PIKE...MAYFIELD
HEIGHTS...GATES MILLS...MAYFIELD AND HIGHLAND HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138
      4135 8138 4135 8158 4127 8155 4128 8186
      4134 8187 4135 8197 4150 8196 4149 8192
      4150 8182 4150 8173 4163 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 249DEG 45KT 4148 8159

$$

FITZ

351 
WWUS51 KCLE 041255
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
855 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

OHC035-041305-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110404T1315Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
855 AM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4157 8147 4156 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138
      4135 8138 4135 8158 4127 8155 4128 8186
      4134 8187 4135 8197 4150 8196 4149 8192
      4150 8182 4150 8173 4163 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 249DEG 45KT 4153 8142

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		112 min
Apr 4, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		81 min
Apr 4, 8:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		61 min
Apr 4, 8:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	30 min
Apr 4, 9:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	26 min
Apr 4, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	19 min
Apr 4, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	4 hr
Apr 4, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.