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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 28 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, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 23, 6:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Elyria, OH
May 23, 6:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Elyria, OH
May 23, 6:56 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Elyria, OH
May 23, 6:58 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 6:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Ridgeville, OH	SEVERAL TREES AND TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ON CENTER RIDGE ROAD.
May 23, 6:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Elyria, OH
May 23, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 7:04 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Ne Grafton, OH
May 23, 7:04 PM EDT	HAIL 1	North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 7:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	1 E Elyria, OH
May 23, 7:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Ridgeville, OH	POWER POLE DOWN
May 23, 7:06 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	North Olmsted, OH
May 23, 7:06 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Olmsted, OH	ROOF COLLAPSED AT GREAT NORTHERN MALL FOOD COURT NEW ADDITION CONSTRUCTION.
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1	North Olmsted, OH
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Sw North Ridgeville, OH
May 23, 7:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Parma Heights, OH	SEVERAL BRANCHES DOWN
May 23, 7:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	North Olmsted, OH
May 23, 7:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Parma Heights, OH
May 23, 7:21 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Parma Heights, OH
May 23, 7:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Parma, OH
May 23, 7:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Middleburg Heights, OH
May 23, 7:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Middleburg Heights, OH	TREES DOWN
May 23, 7:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Parma, OH
May 23, 7:33 PM EDT	HAIL 1	North Royalton, OH
May 23, 7:34 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elyria, OH	LARGE TREE DOWN
May 23, 7:34 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Ridgeville, OH	ONE LARGE TREE DOWN AT A SCHOOL

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 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 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.

826 
WUUS51 KCLE 232249
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-232345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0055.110523T2249Z-110523T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR ELYRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STRONGSVILLE...
  CLEVELAND...
  WESTLAKE...
  LAKEWOOD...
  NORTH ROYALTON...
  PARMA...
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...

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 8149 4157 8140 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8197 4125 8197 4125 8212
      4146 8221 4152 8196 4150 8194 4150 8191
      4149 8191 4150 8170 4162 8154 4162 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 257DEG 50KT 4141 8203

$$

MULLEN

2 follow-up statements

070 
WWUS51 KCLE 232320
SVSCLE

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

OHC093-232330-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110523T2345Z/
LORAIN OH-
720 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 4157 8149 4157 8140 4135 8139 4135 8160
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4140 8188 4146 8185
      4150 8170 4158 8158 4162 8154 4162 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 257DEG 50KT 4151 8147

$$

OHC035-232345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110523T2345Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
720 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

AT 718 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 LYNDHURST...OR 9 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GATES
MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8149 4157 8140 4135 8139 4135 8160
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4140 8188 4146 8185
      4150 8170 4158 8158 4162 8154 4162 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 257DEG 50KT 4151 8147

$$

THOMPSON

856 
WWUS51 KCLE 232344
SVSCLE

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

OHC035-232354-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110523T2345Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
744 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745
PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4157 8149 4157 8140 4135 8139 4135 8160
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4140 8188 4146 8185
      4150 8170 4158 8158 4162 8154 4162 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 257DEG 50KT 4158 8104

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		74 min
May 22, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		81 min
May 23, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	39 min
May 23, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
May 23, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	42 min
May 23, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	11 min
May 23, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 23, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	47 min
May 23, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		50 min
May 23, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	48 min
May 23, 6:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	32 min
May 23, 7:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	33 min
May 23, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	113 min
May 23, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
May 23, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	55 min
May 23, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage	45 min
May 23, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 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.