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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Geauga County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT for Geauga County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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, 8:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Hiram, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 9.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

546 
WUUS51 KCLE 260003
SVRCLE
OHC055-133-155-260045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0085.110526T0003Z-110526T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MANTUA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARREN...
  GARRETTSVILLE...
  MIDDLEFIELD...
  NEWTON FALLS...
  WEST FARMINGTON...
  LORDSTOWN...
  BRISTOLVILLE...
  NORTH BLOOMFIELD...
  CORTLAND...
  NILES...
  KINSMAN...

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 4114 8099 4099 8100 4099 8139 4135 8139
      4150 8100 4150 8052 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 269DEG 44KT 4126 8119

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit, Wayne	60 min
May 25, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Mahoning, Stark, Trumbull	10 hr
May 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Holmes, Knox	5 hr
May 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		79 min
May 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	49 min
May 25, 10:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	57 hr
May 25, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	44 min
May 25, 10:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	36 hr
May 25, 10:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	25 hr
May 25, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne	48 min
May 25, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	46 min
May 25, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	46 min
May 26, 12:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina	6 hr
May 26, 12:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	6 days
May 26, 12:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	3 days
May 26, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	23 min
May 26, 12:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne	6 hr
May 26, 12:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	5 days
May 26, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	5 hr
May 26, 1:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Marion, Wood, Wyandot	61 min
May 26, 2:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 26, 2:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more	54 min
May 26, 3:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 26, 3:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	26 hr
May 26, 5:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	43 hr
May 26, 6:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	6 hr
May 26, 6:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Morrow	6 hr
May 26, 6:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Portage, Summit	6 hr
May 26, 7:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Wood, Wyandot	5 hr
May 26, 8:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	39 hr
May 26, 8:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	8 hr
May 26, 8:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	10 hr
May 26, 10:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	46 hr
May 26, 10:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca	32 hr
May 26, 10:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	44 hr
May 26, 10:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	4 days
May 26, 11:02 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	11 hr
May 26, 11:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	25 hr
May 26, 12:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Wood	24 hr
May 26, 1:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lucas	5 hr
May 26, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	7 hr
May 26, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	6 hr
May 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		111 min
May 26, 4:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	17 hr
May 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	66 min
May 26, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca	7 hr
May 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	45 min
May 26, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	40 min
May 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	26 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	29 hr
May 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland, Wayne	45 min
May 26, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain	7 hr
May 26, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	34 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	5 hr
May 26, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lucas	5 hr

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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.