Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2015, 7:46 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 11, 2015, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 8:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 6 Sse Cortland, OH | KYNG REPORTED A 45 KNOT WIND GUST. |
| May 11, 7:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 6 Sse Cortland, OH | KYNG REPORTED A 45 KNOT WIND GUST. |
| May 11, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Girard, OH | TRUMBULL COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TRUMBULL COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES IN WARREN AND GIRARD. TREES ON MANY HOMES CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238
WUUS51 KCLE 112346
SVRCLE
OHC155-120045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0013.150511T2346Z-150512T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
746 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 744 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF CORTLAND TO LORDSTOWN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NILES...HUBBARD...CORTLAND...MCDONALD...GIRARD...HOWLAND CENTER...
CHURCHILL...VIENNA...WEST HILL...BROOKFIELD CENTER...YANKEE LAKE
AND ORANGEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8086 4135 8091 4150 8085 4150 8052
4147 8051 4140 8050 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 211DEG 46KT 4135 8082 4114 8078
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KEC2 follow-up statements
207
WWUS51 KCLE 120017
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
817 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
OHC155-120045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150512T0045Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
817 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 808 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF CORTLAND TO 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUBBARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YANKEE LAKE AND ORANGEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4113 8052 4115 8070 4149 8075 4150 8052
4144 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 225DEG 29KT 4146 8062 4126 8058
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$724
WWUS51 KCLE 120029
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
829 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
OHC155-120039-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150512T0045Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
829 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4113 8052 4115 8070 4149 8075 4150 8052
4144 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 225DEG 29KT 4153 8052 4133 8048
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 36 min |
| May 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 112 min | |
| May 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 58 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 41 min |
| May 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 46 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 75 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.