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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 10, 2013Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Wood 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: Apr 10, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
Apr 10, 3:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Marblehead, OH

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 470 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 672 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

621 
WUUS51 KCLE 101918
SVRCLE
OHC123-143-173-102000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0009.130410T1918Z-130410T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
318 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING
  GREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELMORE...
  FREMONT...
  CLYDE...
  PORT CLINTON...
  WOODVILLE...
  GENOA...
  GIBSONBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4141 8388 4146 8375 4162 8357 4163 8317
      4152 8291 4160 8282 4165 8287 4173 8282
      4170 8277 4158 8282 4154 8277 4154 8271
      4149 8271 4146 8297 4143 8294 4145 8284
      4125 8285 4125 8342 4117 8342 4117 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 274DEG 52KT 4144 8359

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

788 
WWUS51 KCLE 101933
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

OHC123-143-173-102000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130410T2000Z/
WOOD OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
333 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SANDUSKY...OTTAWA AND EASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 330 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 ELMORE...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...PORT
CLINTON AND MARBLEHEAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4149 8360 4162 8340 4163 8317 4152 8291
      4160 8282 4165 8287 4167 8283 4173 8282
      4170 8277 4158 8282 4154 8277 4154 8271
      4149 8271 4146 8297 4143 8294 4144 8284
      4125 8285 4125 8342 4117 8342 4117 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 272DEG 52KT 4151 8322

$$

LAPLANTE

205 
WWUS51 KCLE 101957
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
357 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

OHC123-143-173-102007-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130410T2000Z/
WOOD OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
357 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANDUSKY...OTTAWA AND EASTERN
WOOD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4149 8360 4162 8340 4163 8317 4152 8291
      4160 8282 4165 8287 4167 8283 4173 8282
      4170 8277 4158 8282 4154 8277 4154 8271
      4149 8271 4146 8297 4143 8294 4144 8284
      4125 8285 4125 8342 4117 8342 4117 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 272DEG 52KT 4149 8276

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 4:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		4 days
Apr 10, 10:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	42 min
Apr 10, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	42 min
Apr 10, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	51 min
Apr 10, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	49 min
Apr 10, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	42 min
Apr 10, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	42 min
Apr 10, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Apr 10, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	52 min
Apr 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Wayne	42 min
Apr 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne	66 min
Apr 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	56 min
Apr 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	57 min
Apr 10, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	54 min
Apr 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	57 min
Apr 10, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	40 min
Apr 10, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Richland	52 min
Apr 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	45 min
Apr 10, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	35 min
Apr 10, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 6 more	12 hr
Apr 10, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Richland	33 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.