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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 7:39 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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
May 23, 2011, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2011, 8:34 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

097 
WUUS51 KCLE 232339
SVRCLE
OHC063-240045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0056.110523T2339Z-110524T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 736 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 13
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAWSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FINDLAY...
  RAWSON...
  MCCOMB...
  ARLINGTON...
  VAN BUREN...
  ARCADIA...
  VANLUE...

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 4110 8388 4115 8385 4116 8344 4095 8346
      4094 8347 4091 8348 4090 8352 4081 8352
      4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 270DEG 51KT 4084 8393

$$

MULLEN
1 follow-up statement
976 
WWUS51 KCLE 240034
SVSCLE

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

OHC063-240044-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
HANCOCK OH-
834 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4110 8388 4115 8385 4116 8344 4095 8346
      4094 8347 4091 8348 4090 8352 4081 8352
      4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 270DEG 51KT 4084 8290

$$

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, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood39 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, 7:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.