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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Lucas County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 4:03 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Sandusky 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, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 4:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elmore, OH	2 TREES DOWN

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

003 
WUUS51 KCLE 252003
SVRCLE
OHC095-123-143-252100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0071.110525T2003Z-110525T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 354 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 13
  MILES WEST OF WOODVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELMORE...
  PORT CLINTON...
  GENOA...
  WOODVILLE...
  GIBSONBURG...
  GENOA...
  OREGON...
  OAK HARBOR...
  PUT-IN-BAY...

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 4172 8356 4171 8332 4152 8293 4160 8283
      4165 8288 4167 8280 4160 8283 4156 8279
      4154 8270 4150 8271 4148 8295 4146 8297
      4143 8294 4145 8285 4138 8285 4138 8287
      4134 8341 4161 8342 4162 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 248DEG 40KT 4148 8349

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

687 
WWUS51 KCLE 252055
SVSCLE

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

OHC095-123-143-252105-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110525T2100Z/
LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
455 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SANDUSKY...OTTAWA AND
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4172 8356 4171 8332 4152 8293 4160 8283
      4165 8288 4167 8280 4160 8283 4156 8279
      4154 8270 4150 8271 4148 8295 4146 8297
      4143 8294 4145 8285 4138 8285 4138 8287
      4134 8341 4161 8342 4162 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 248DEG 40KT 4170 8277

$$

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, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	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.