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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 5, 2015Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2015, 4:34 PM EDT for Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 5, 2015, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 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.

126 
WUUS51 KCLE 052034
SVRCLE
OHC033-139-052130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0003.150505T2034Z-150505T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
434 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SYCAMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...CHATFIELD...NEW WASHINGTON...CRESTLINE...
  SHELBY...ONTARIO...NORTH ROBINSON AND TIRO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4080 8311 4098 8311 4095 8242 4082 8242
      4081 8239 4073 8238 4073 8234 4072 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 280DEG 24KT 4088 8305

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

878 
WWUS51 KCLE 052100
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

OHC033-139-052130-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150505T2130Z/
CRAWFORD OH-RICHLAND OH-
500 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RICHLAND AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL
530 PM EDT...

AT 455 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
MANSFIELD...SHELBY AND ONTARIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4080 8311 4098 8311 4095 8242 4082 8242
      4081 8239 4073 8238 4073 8234 4072 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 272DEG 17KT 4085 8271

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

$$

OUDEMAN

366 
WWUS51 KCLE 052121
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
521 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

OHC033-139-052131-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150505T2130Z/
CRAWFORD OH-RICHLAND OH-
521 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND AND CENTRAL
CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4080 8311 4098 8311 4095 8242 4082 8242
      4081 8239 4073 8238 4073 8234 4072 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 272DEG 17KT 4085 8257

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	35 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	55 min

Nearby

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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.