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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Geauga County, Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT for Geauga County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Burton, OHTREE DOWN IN NEWBURY TOWNSHIP
May 23, 8:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Burton, OHTREES DOWN IN PARKMAN AND AUBURN TOWNSHIP.
May 23, 8:16 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDMantua, OH

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
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

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The text

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

563 
WUUS51 KCLE 232345
SVRCLE
OHC055-133-240030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0057.110523T2345Z-110524T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 740 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
  SOUTH RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARRETTSVILLE...
  MIDDLEFIELD...
  BURTON...

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 4162 8100 4125 8100 4123 8139 4142 8139
      4144 8138 4145 8139 4151 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 256DEG 43KT 4139 8133

$$

REL
1 follow-up statement
203 
WWUS51 KCLE 240024
SVSCLE

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

OHC055-133-240033-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110524T0030Z/
PORTAGE OH-GEAUGA OH-
824 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GEAUGA AND NORTHERN PORTAGE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 PM EDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4162 8100 4125 8100 4123 8139 4142 8139
      4144 8138 4145 8139 4151 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 256DEG 43KT 4150 8074

$$

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, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock55 min
May 23, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.