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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2014Ashland County, Huron County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2014, 10:16 PM EDT for Ashland County, Huron County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 74 min. 3 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
May 21, 2014, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Huron County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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
May 21, 11:01 PM EDTHAIL 11 N Hayesville, OH
May 21, 11:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGE Ashland, OHTREE DOWN AT A RESIDENCE
May 21, 11:30 PM EDTHAIL 1Mansfield, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

119 
WUUS51 KCLE 220216
SVRCLE
OHC005-077-139-220330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.140522T0216Z-140522T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1016 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1012 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 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WILLARD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FITCHVILLE...
  MANSFIELD...
  ASHLAND...
  SHELBY...
  NEW LONDON...
  SAVANNAH...
  ONTARIO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4066 8265 4070 8262 4071 8269 4086 8273
      4099 8272 4100 8277 4110 8280 4123 8262
      4113 8234 4106 8233 4106 8218 4099 8217
      4099 8213 4067 8212 4067 8222 4057 8222
      4055 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 312DEG 34KT 4109 8260

$$
1 follow-up statement
331 
WWUS51 KCLE 220243
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1043 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHC077-220253-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140522T0330Z/
HURON OH-
1043 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HURON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4064 8262 4064 8265 4070 8262 4071 8269
      4076 8271 4092 8272 4105 8225 4088 8212
      4067 8212 4067 8222 4059 8222 4056 8238
      4055 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 312DEG 34KT 4091 8236

$$

OHC005-139-220330-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140522T0330Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
1043 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1042 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 NEAR BAILEY LAKES...OR NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELBY...SAVANNAH...POLK...ONTARIO...MANSFIELD...LOUDONVILLE...
LEXINGTON...HAYESVILLE...BELLVILLE AND ASHLAND

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4064 8262 4064 8265 4070 8262 4071 8269
      4076 8271 4092 8272 4105 8225 4088 8212
      4067 8212 4067 8222 4059 8222 4056 8238
      4055 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 312DEG 34KT 4091 8236

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky63 min
May 21, 8:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Ottawa3 hr
May 21, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
May 21, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain58 min
May 21, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake61 min
May 21, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE75 min
May 21, 9:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron3 hr
May 21, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake3 hr
May 21, 10:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Lorain, Medina, Richland3 hr
May 21, 10:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull47 min
May 21, 11:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull5 hr
May 21, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland77 min
May 21, 11:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Ottawa3 hr
May 22, 2:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELake18 hr

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.