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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 9:28 PM EDT for Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 9:56 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

032 
WUUS51 KCLE 240128
SVRCLE
OHC077-093-240215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0066.110524T0128Z-110524T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WELLINGTON...
  LAGRANGE...
  GRAFTON...

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 4116 8247 4128 8239 4129 8234 4135 8233
      4134 8188 4127 8194 4127 8197 4124 8197
      4120 8201 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
      4107 8217 4106 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 237DEG 53KT 4113 8230

$$

ABE

1 follow-up statement

140 
WWUS51 KCLE 240156
SVSCLE

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

OHC077-093-240206-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110524T0215Z/
HURON OH-LORAIN OH-
956 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LORAIN AND
NORTHEASTERN HURON 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 4116 8247 4128 8239 4129 8234 4135 8233
      4134 8188 4127 8194 4127 8197 4124 8197
      4120 8201 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
      4107 8217 4106 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 237DEG 53KT 4135 8184

$$

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, 8:19 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, 9:37 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.