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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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
May 23, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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
May 23, 4:41 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWeston, OHSEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
May 23, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBowling Green, OHSEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
May 23, 4:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBowling Green, OH6-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN IN CITY PARK.

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
May 23, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 23, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

710 
WUUS51 KCLE 232036
SVRCLE
OHC173-232115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0050.110523T2036Z-110523T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
436 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM 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 CUSTAR...AND MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOWLING GREEN...

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 4139 8387 4161 8342 4117 8343 4117 8383
      4117 8387 4121 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 249DEG 45KT 4128 8379

$$

REL
3 follow-up statements
720 
WWUS51 KCLE 232102
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
502 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

OHC173-232115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110523T2115Z/
WOOD OH-
502 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR WOOD COUNTY...

AT 455 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 PEMBERVILLE...OR NEAR BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH. HALF INCH DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN REPORTED AT
458 PM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 8387 4161 8342 4117 8343 4117 8383
      4117 8387 4121 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 237DEG 45KT 4143 8350

$$

THOMPSON
655 
WWUS51 KCLE 232103 CCA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
503 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

OHC173-232115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110523T2115Z/
WOOD OH-
503 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR WOOD COUNTY...

AT 455 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 PEMBERVILLE...OR NEAR BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH. HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN AT 458 PM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 8387 4161 8342 4117 8343 4117 8383
      4117 8387 4121 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 237DEG 45KT 4143 8350

$$
CORRECTED FOR WORDING.
THOMPSON
792 
WWUS51 KCLE 232113
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

OHC173-232123-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110523T2115Z/
WOOD OH-
513 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM
EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4139 8387 4161 8342 4117 8343 4117 8383
      4117 8387 4121 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 237DEG 45KT 4152 8330

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE74 min
May 22, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE81 min
May 23, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min
May 23, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky42 min
May 23, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas11 min
May 23, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 23, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron47 min
May 23, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE50 min
May 23, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain48 min
May 23, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain56 min
May 23, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina32 min
May 23, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit33 min
May 23, 7:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Lorain113 min
May 23, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
May 23, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock55 min
May 23, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage45 min
May 23, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.