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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 2014Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 23, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2014, 6:37 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2014-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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.

374 
WUUS51 KCLE 232215
SVRCLE
OHC093-232300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0085.140623T2215Z-140623T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
615 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 614 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 NEAR
  WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELYRIA...
  GRAFTON...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4108 8234 4131 8234 4144 8197 4136 8197
      4135 8188 4128 8188 4127 8197 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4115 8208 4114 8217 4113 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 247DEG 19KT 4122 8224

$$

KOSARIK
1 follow-up statement
915 
WWUS51 KCLE 232237
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
637 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OHC093-232245-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-140623T2300Z/
LORAIN OH-
637 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARS TO BE SEVERE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE 
LIKELY. 

LAT...LON 4108 8234 4131 8234 4144 8197 4136 8197
      4135 8188 4128 8188 4127 8197 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4115 8208 4114 8217 4113 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 247DEG 19KT 4126 8211

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake49 min
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky47 min
Jun 23, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Jun 23, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca55 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jun 23, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula64 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jun 23, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMedina3 hr
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.