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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 5 reports 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, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 4:43 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Findlay, OH
May 25, 4:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Findlay, OH
May 25, 4:49 PM EDT	HAIL 2	Findlay, OH
May 25, 4:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Findlay, OH	BROKE CAR WINDOWS.
May 25, 4:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Sw Findlay, OH

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 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.

293 
WUUS51 KCLE 252010
SVRCLE
OHC063-252100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0072.110525T2010Z-110525T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 407 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 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAWSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FINDLAY...
  RAWSON...
  ARLINGTON...
  MCCOMB...
  VANLUE...
  ARCADIA...
  VAN BUREN...

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 4117 8387 4116 8342 4102 8341 4099 8343
      4099 8346 4095 8346 4094 8347 4091 8347
      4090 8352 4082 8352 4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 225DEG 50KT 4081 8391

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

175 
WWUS51 KCLE 252056
SVSCLE

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

OHC063-252107-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110525T2100Z/
HANCOCK OH-
456 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500
PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4117 8387 4116 8342 4102 8341 4099 8343
      4099 8346 4095 8346 4094 8347 4091 8347
      4090 8352 4082 8352 4082 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 225DEG 50KT 4126 8331

$$

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, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	57 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.