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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 2, 2013Portage County, Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2013, 1:02 AM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 2, 2013, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2013, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 1:05 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ene Kent, OH	ONE TREE DOWN IN THE TWIN LAKES AREA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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: 646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

074 
WUUS51 KCLE 020502
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-020545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.130602T0502Z-130602T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
102 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 1256 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  DAMAGING WINDS 
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NORTH CANTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
  ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN 
  STARK COUNTY NEAR BREWSTER. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.  

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAVENNA...
  HARTVILLE...
  ALLIANCE...
  KENT...
  NAVARRE...
  CANTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8165 4091 8142 4098 8142 4099 8139
      4117 8139 4122 8100 4100 8100 4099 8103
      4099 8108 4073 8109 4073 8123 4065 8124
      4065 8144 4066 8146 4064 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 232DEG 28KT 4092 8139

$$

MULLEN

2 follow-up statements

295 
WWUS51 KCLE 020521
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
121 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

OHC133-151-020545-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130602T0545Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
121 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES...

AT 119 AM 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 6 MILES NORTH OF
LIMAVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAVENNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4065 8143 4088 8137 4105 8127 4122 8100
      4100 8100 4099 8103 4099 8109 4073 8109
      4073 8123 4065 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 232DEG 39KT 4109 8109

$$

MULLEN

945 
WWUS51 KCLE 020531
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
131 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

OHC133-151-020541-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130602T0545Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
131 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN
PORTAGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4065 8143 4088 8137 4105 8127 4122 8100
      4100 8100 4099 8103 4099 8109 4073 8109
      4073 8123 4065 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 232DEG 39KT 4116 8098

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		112 min
Jun 2, 4:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		17 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.