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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2011Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 9:37 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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, 10:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Winesburg, OH	SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

149 
WUUS51 KCLE 240137
SVRCLE
OHC075-169-240215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0067.110524T0137Z-110524T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 935 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 8 MILES
  WEST OF NASHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHREVE...
  MILLERSBURG...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  WOOSTER...
  RITTMAN...
  NASHVILLE...
  GLENMONT...
  WEST SALEM...
  KILLBUCK...
  CRESTON...

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 8218 4057 8218 4057 8219 4057 8222
      4066 8222 4067 8212 4099 8213 4098 8165
      4063 8164 4062 8166 4045 8166 4045 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 272DEG 46KT 4057 8223

$$

MULLEN

1 follow-up statement

982 
WWUS51 KCLE 240213
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1013 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

OHC075-169-240223-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110524T0215Z/
HOLMES OH-WAYNE OH-
1013 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 1015 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 4045 8218 4057 8218 4057 8219 4057 8222
      4066 8222 4067 8212 4099 8213 4098 8165
      4063 8164 4062 8166 4045 8166 4045 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 272DEG 46KT 4055 8162

$$

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, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain	28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.