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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 2013Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2013, 6:56 PM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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: Jun 28, 2013, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
Jun 28, 7:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Sandusky, OH	LARGE LIMB DOWN.
Jun 28, 7:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Milan, OH	LARGE TREE DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

968 
WUUS51 KCLE 282256
SVRCLE
OHC043-123-282345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0113.130628T2256Z-130628T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
656 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 654 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 NEAR
  KELLEYS ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE ISLANDS...
  SANDUSKY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4168 8277 4161 8282 4155 8278 4156 8272
      4161 8274 4163 8267 4151 8271 4142 8259
      4139 8247 4143 8235 4129 8235 4141 8285
      4149 8285 4149 8297 4153 8297 4153 8290
      4160 8283 4169 8285 4170 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 294DEG 43KT 4158 8276

$$

KOSARIK

2 follow-up statements

680 
WWUS51 KCLE 282325
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

OHC123-282335-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130628T2345Z/
OTTAWA OH-
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4142 8259 4141 8254 4139 8251 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4129 8235 4138 8275 4147 8274
      4147 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 293DEG 44KT 4136 8254

$$

OHC043-282345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130628T2345Z/
ERIE OH-
725 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW LANES...OR 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANDUSKY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4142 8259 4141 8254 4139 8251 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4129 8235 4138 8275 4147 8274
      4147 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 293DEG 44KT 4136 8254

$$

SJAMISON

534 
WWUS51 KCLE 282344
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
744 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

OHC043-282355-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130628T2345Z/
ERIE OH-
744 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO EXPIRES AT 745 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4142 8259 4141 8254 4139 8251 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4129 8235 4138 8275 4147 8274
      4147 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 293DEG 44KT 4126 8224

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	54 min
Jun 27, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow	59 min
Jun 27, 9:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Richland	8 hr
Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot	66 min
Jun 28, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
Jun 28, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	62 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	54 min
Jun 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	6 hr
Jun 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	54 min
Jun 28, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland	57 min
Jun 28, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Wyandot	8 hr
Jun 28, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 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.