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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 19, 2014Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2014, 7:49 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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
Aug 19, 2014, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2014, 8:42 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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
Aug 19, 8:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Rocky River, OHTREES DOWN IN WEST PARK AREA. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...23500 CUSTOMERS IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

570 
WUUS51 KCLE 192349
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-200045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0113.140819T2349Z-140820T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
749 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF AVON LAKE TO
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELYRIA...
  STRONGSVILLE...
  CLEVELAND...
  AVON LAKE...
  WELLINGTON...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
  WESTLAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8156 4127 8160 4127 8197 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217 4106 8218
      4107 8234 4143 8234 4143 8226 4152 8203
      4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 270DEG 24KT 4168 8195 4124 8234

$$

KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
104 
WWUS51 KCLE 200018
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
818 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

OHC035-093-200045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140820T0045Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
818 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRATENAHL TO LAGRANGE...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND TO 9 MILES WEST OF
LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTLAKE...WELLINGTON...VERMILION...STRONGSVILLE...SOLON...PARMA...
NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...LORAIN...LAKEWOOD...GRAFTON...
EUCLID...ELYRIA...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...CLEVELAND...AVON LAKE AND
AMHERST

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8156 4127 8160 4127 8197 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217 4106 8218
      4107 8234 4143 8234 4143 8226 4152 8203
      4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 270DEG 24KT 4168 8169 4124 8208

$$
067 
WWUS51 KCLE 200042
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
842 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

OHC035-093-200052-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140820T0045Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
842 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BUT 
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.  SOME AREAS COULD SEE 
AN INCH OF RAINFALL AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8156 4127 8160 4127 8197 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217 4106 8218
      4107 8234 4143 8234 4143 8226 4152 8203
      4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 270DEG 24KT 4168 8148 4124 8187

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE88 min
Aug 19, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE83 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.