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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 2014Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2014, 6:54 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 23, 2014, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
Jun 23, 7:10 PM EDTTORNADOBrunswick, OHA TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BRUNSWICK ALONG ANDREA AND ROYAL OAK DRIVE. AT LEAST 10 HOMES WERE DAMAGED... SOME SUFFERING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND ARE UNINHABITABLE. A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE SUGGESTS HIGH END EF1 STRENGTH OR LOW END EF2 STRENGTH. PATH L

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

919 
WUUS51 KCLE 232254
SVRCLE
OHC103-232330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0086.140623T2254Z-140623T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 653 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 LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRUNSWICK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4120 8198 4124 8198 4126 8197 4128 8195
      4127 8169 4112 8169 4111 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 241DEG 27KT 4122 8186

$$

KOSARIK
1 follow-up statement
292 
WWUS51 KCLE 232321
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-232331-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-140623T2330Z/
MEDINA OH-
721 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4120 8198 4124 8198 4126 8197 4128 8195
      4127 8169 4112 8169 4111 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 241DEG 27KT 4131 8163

$$

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, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain22 min
Jun 23, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMedina3 hr

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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.