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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Marion County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 8:14 PM EDT for Marion County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 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, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

115 
WUUS51 KCLE 240014
SVRCLE
OHC101-147-175-240115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0059.110524T0014Z-110524T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MARSEILLES TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSEILLES...AND MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UPPER SANDUSKY...
  MARION...
  SYCAMORE...
  LA RUE...
  MARSEILLES...
  NEW RIEGEL...
  MORRAL...

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 4045 8324 4050 8324 4051 8342 4068 8342
      4070 8348 4081 8349 4083 8351 4091 8351
      4091 8347 4099 8346 4101 8342 4108 8341
      4107 8310 4090 8312 4045 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 270DEG 37KT 4089 8358 4066 8350

$$

ABE

3 follow-up statements

871 
WWUS51 KCLE 240053
SVSCLE

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

OHC101-147-175-240115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110524T0115Z/
WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-SENECA OH-
853 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SENECA...CENTRAL MARION AND EASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES...

AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SYCAMORE TO GREEN CAMP...MOVING
WEST AT 60 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4050 8324 4056 8333 4069 8332 4098 8323
      4107 8310 4090 8312 4050 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 099DEG 57KT 4094 8317 4053 8320

$$

THOMPSON

754 
WWUS51 KCLE 240100
SVSCLE

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

OHC101-147-175-240115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110524T0115Z/
WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-SENECA OH-
900 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SENECA...CENTRAL MARION AND EASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES...

AT 854 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4050 8324 4056 8333 4069 8332 4098 8323
      4107 8310 4090 8312 4050 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 269DEG 72KT 4056 8292

$$

THOMPSON

197 
WWUS51 KCLE 240112
SVSCLE

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

OHC101-147-175-240123-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110524T0115Z/
WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-SENECA OH-
912 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SENECA...CENTRAL
MARION AND EASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4050 8324 4056 8333 4069 8332 4098 8323
      4107 8310 4090 8312 4050 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 269DEG 72KT 4055 8255

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	37 min
May 23, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	29 min
May 23, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Seneca	36 min
May 23, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	52 min
May 23, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	33 min
May 23, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Knox, Morrow, Richland	62 min
May 23, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 23, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain	28 min
May 23, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	38 min
May 23, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	38 min
May 23, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	56 min
May 24, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit	100 min
May 24, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark, Wayne	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.