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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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 25, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 25, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Toledo, OH	1 INCH HAIL

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 25, 1:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

286 
WUUS51 KCLE 251933
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-252030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0070.110525T1933Z-110525T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 331 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 6 MILES
  WEST OF WESTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERVILLE...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  TOLEDO...
  NORTH BALTIMORE...
  WHITEHOUSE...
  HOLLAND...
  PERRYSBURG...

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 4165 8386 4173 8359 4173 8347 4171 8345
      4171 8344 4170 8342 4118 8342 4117 8387
      4129 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 243DEG 35KT 4137 8388

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

377 
WWUS51 KCLE 251945
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC095-173-252030-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110525T2030Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
345 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 340 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
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
HASKINS...WATERVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...PERRYSBURG...LUCKEY...
WALBRIDGE...NORTHWOOD AND MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY 
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 8343 4121 8387 4129 8388 4161 8386
      4173 8359 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8344
      4170 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 243DEG 35KT 4142 8375

$$

WILLARD

532 
WWUS51 KCLE 252033
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
433 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC095-173-252044-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110525T2030Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
433 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 430 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4139 8343 4121 8387 4129 8388 4161 8386
      4173 8359 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8344
      4170 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 243DEG 35KT 4142 8374

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:16 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Knox and 10 more	14 hr
May 25, 2:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	16 hr
May 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	57 min
May 25, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	50 min
May 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	51 min
May 25, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	14 hr
May 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	63 min
May 25, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	13 hr
May 25, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	51 min
May 25, 5:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	41 min
May 25, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	42 min
May 25, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	51 min
May 25, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Wyandot	12 hr
May 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	57 min
May 25, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	58 min
May 25, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	49 min
May 25, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Seneca	54 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina	5 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	45 min
May 25, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	67 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	60 min
May 25, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 25, 7:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	4 hr
May 25, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	41 min
May 25, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	40 min
May 25, 7:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	6 hr
May 25, 7:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	29 min
May 25, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	38 min
May 25, 7:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne	5 hr
May 25, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	55 min

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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.