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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 27, 2015Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 3:44 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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: May 27, 2015, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 27, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Oak Harbor, OH	PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 27, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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.

357 
WUUS51 KCLE 271944
SVRCLE
OHC123-143-272015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0029.150527T1944Z-150527T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK
  HARBOR...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  PORT CLINTON...OAK HARBOR...GENOA...ELMORE...LINDSEY...ROCKY RIDGE
  AND WHITES LANDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 8311 4152 8297 4151 8299 4152 8289
      4158 8283 4151 8280 4149 8282 4149 8296
      4145 8304 4145 8301 4143 8301 4145 8297
      4143 8294 4144 8285 4143 8285 4136 8329
      4153 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 248DEG 38KT 4148 8321 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

230 
WWUS51 KCLE 272007
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
407 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

OHC123-143-272017-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150527T2015Z/
SANDUSKY OH-OTTAWA OH-
407 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SANDUSKY AND OTTAWA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4162 8311 4152 8297 4151 8299 4152 8289
      4158 8283 4151 8280 4149 8282 4149 8296
      4145 8304 4145 8301 4143 8301 4145 8297
      4143 8294 4144 8285 4143 8285 4136 8329
      4153 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 248DEG 38KT 4148 8321 

$$

LAPLANTE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
220 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BE LOCATED OVER THE
REGION ON THURSDAY BUT WILL MOVE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY
FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATE...NO CHANGES FOR THE UPDATE.
ORIGINAL...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE AREA LOOKS TO BE DRY THROUGH THE
MORNING BUT WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE LIFT NEAR AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME STRONGER
WIND AS THEY CROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NW PA. TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAY
ALSO COOL ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME HAIL. WILL
MENTION THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IN THE HWO.

IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM DAY UNDER VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF CLOUD
COVER. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD WARM INTO THE LOWER 80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
COLD FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA NEAR OR
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE THUNDER MOVING EASTWARD WITH IT.
HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD THEN TAKE CONTROL FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS WITH DRY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR
NW OHIO FRIDAY EVENING TO SEE IF ANY CONVECTION CAN DRIFT INTO
THE REGION AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE MAIN PUSH OF
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME
SEVERE.

TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY COOL SLIGHTLY FOR THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF
THE WEAK FRONT. MOST LOCATIONS WILL BE WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF
80. COOLER NEAR THE LAKESHORE WITH A LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPING.
FRIDAY WILL SEE HIGHS RETURN TO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE 80S. A FEW
DEGREES COOLER ON SATURDAY WITH MORE CLOUD COVER.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TREND CONTINUES FOR SATURDAYS COLD FRONT TO BE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY
SUNDAY. HAVE THEREFORE TRENDED PRECIP CHANCES DOWN...BUT STILL LEFT
SOME AS THERE ARE STILL DISCREPANCIES ON HOW FAR SOUTH IT GETS. AT
ANY RATE IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO OUR
NORTH AND NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA. FAIR WEATHER AND HIGH
PRESSURE BY TUESDAY WITH HIGHS SLOWLY TRENDING WARMER. OVERALL
THOUGH TEMPERATURES NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
WEAK COLD FRONT OVER INDIANA WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FILL IN AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AND
LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BE GUSTY
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS VEERING WEST BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND
THEN LIGHT NORTH BY THURSDAY MORNING. VFR EXCEPT FOR PATCHY MVFR
FOG THURSDAY MORNING.

OUTLOOK...NON VFR CONDITIONS SATURDAY IN SHRA/TS. NON VFR
POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING LAKE ERIE THIS EVENING WITH
POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME LIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD.
THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST FRIDAY AND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS TO THE LAKE.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. COULD SEE A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MULLEN
NEAR TERM...TK/MULLEN
SHORT TERM...MULLEN
LONG TERM...OUDEMAN
AVIATION...KOSARIK
MARINE...OUDEMAN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:29 AM EDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
529 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-280930-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
529 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS BUT LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG IT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING AND COULD
IMPACT ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
209 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW TOLEDO             41.72N 83.65W
05/27/2015                   LUCAS              OH   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

MITCHELL

Local storm report, May 27, 2:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
213 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             BOWLING GREEN           41.38N 83.65W
05/27/2015  E0.75 INCH       WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

MITCHELL

Local storm report, May 27, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
227 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW SYLVANIA          41.71N 83.72W
05/27/2015                   LUCAS              OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL UTILITY POLES AND WIRES DOWN.

&&

MITCHELL

Local storm report, May 27, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     HAIL             3 W PEMBERVILLE         41.41N 83.52W
05/27/2015  E1.00 INCH       WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MITCHELL

Local storm report, May 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
303 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE ELMORE             41.49N 83.26W
05/27/2015                   OTTAWA             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN NEAR ROUTE 105.

&&

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	55 min
May 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
May 27, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	38 min
May 27, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	33 min
May 27, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	53 min
May 27, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		65 min
May 27, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	43 min
May 27, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
May 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	45 min
May 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	26 min
May 27, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
May 27, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	33 min
May 27, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	22 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.