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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 8, 2013Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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
Apr 8, 2013, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 10:26 PM EDTHAIL 14 Sw South Amherst, OHHENRIETTA TWP. HALF INCH TO ONE INCH HAIL. LASTED FOR 2 MIN.
Apr 8, 10:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Elyria, OH
Apr 8, 10:39 PM EDTHAIL 1Elyria, OH
Apr 8, 10:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 Se Elyria, OH
Apr 8, 10:43 PM EDTHAIL 0.75North Ridgeville, OHGROUND COVERED AT BAGLEY RD AND LORAIN RD.

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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

536 
WUUS51 KCLE 090225
SVRCLE
OHC093-090300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0002.130409T0225Z-130409T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1025 PM EDT MON APR 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1021 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VERMILION...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...
  ELYRIA...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
  GRAFTON...
  AVON LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188 4129 8188
      4123 8234 4142 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 262DEG 54KT 4133 8230

$$

MULLEN
2 follow-up statements
028 
WWUS51 KCLE 090234
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1034 PM EDT MON APR 8 2013

OHC093-090300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130409T0300Z/
LORAIN OH-
1034 PM EDT MON APR 8 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 1027 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 LORAIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE AND AVON.

LAT...LON 4136 8197 4135 8194 4136 8193 4135 8188
      4129 8188 4126 8231 4140 8232 4147 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 260DEG 53KT 4136 8211

$$

WILLARD
923 
WWUS51 KCLE 090250
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1050 PM EDT MON APR 8 2013

OHC093-090301-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130409T0300Z/
LORAIN OH-
1050 PM EDT MON APR 8 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1100 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4136 8197 4135 8194 4136 8193 4135 8188
      4129 8188 4126 8231 4140 8232 4147 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 260DEG 53KT 4140 8178

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron25 min
Apr 8, 10:36 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE4 hr
Apr 8, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga45 min

Nearby

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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.