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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 8:48 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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, 8:42 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Madison, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

761 
WUUS51 KCLE 240019
SVRCLE
OHC055-085-240100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0060.110524T0019Z-110524T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 817 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
  PAINESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRY...
  MADISON...
  MADISON...

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 4163 8100 4162 8137 4170 8139 4174 8136
      4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124 4181 8116
      4181 8111 4184 8108 4183 8107 4185 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 260DEG 42KT 4173 8126

$$

REL

2 follow-up statements

366 
WWUS51 KCLE 240043
SVSCLE

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

OHC055-085-240100-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110524T0100Z/
GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
843 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTIES...

AT 840 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 MADISON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MADISON WITH THIS STORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 4185 8101 4163 8100 4169 8119 4174 8128
      4174 8136 4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124
      4179 8118 4181 8116 4181 8111 4184 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 260DEG 42KT 4176 8099

$$

THOMPSON

014 
WWUS51 KCLE 240048
SVSCLE

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

OHC055-085-240058-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110524T0100Z/
GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
848 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAKE AND
NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 4185 8101 4163 8100 4169 8119 4174 8128
      4174 8136 4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124
      4179 8118 4181 8116 4181 8111 4184 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 261DEG 32KT 4177 8093

$$

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, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Seneca, Wyandot	61 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

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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.