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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 27, 2014Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 5:56 PM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2014, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2014-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

094 
WUUS51 KCLE 272156
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-153-272245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0052.140527T2156Z-140527T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
556 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 552 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 NEAR TALLMADGE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALLIANCE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8118 4102 8152 4119 8143 4109 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8109 4088 8108 4088 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 291DEG 28KT 4107 8136

$$

KING
2 follow-up statements
888 
WWUS51 KCLE 272218
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
618 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

OHC153-272227-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140527T2245Z/
SUMMIT OH-
618 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4090 8118 4097 8134 4114 8124 4109 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8109 4088 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 291DEG 28KT 4101 8116

$$

OHC133-151-272245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140527T2245Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
618 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES...

AT 614 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 LIMAVILLE...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLIANCE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WHICH DOWNED 
NUMEROUS TREES IN FAIRLAWN. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8118 4097 8134 4114 8124 4109 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8109 4088 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 291DEG 28KT 4101 8116

$$
TK
335 
WWUS51 KCLE 272237
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
637 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

OHC133-151-272246-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140527T2245Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
637 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNING AREA.


LAT...LON 4090 8118 4097 8134 4114 8124 4109 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8109 4088 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 291DEG 28KT 4095 8098

$$

TK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.