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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 2015Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2015, 6:56 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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 30, 2015, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 30, 6:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brooklyn Heights, OH	WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. LOTS OF STANDING WATER FLOODING.
May 30, 6:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Garfield Heights, OH
May 30, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Cleveland Heights, OH	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON FAIRMOUNT ROAD IN CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR
May 30, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Shaker Heights, OH	TREES DOWN

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 167 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 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.

604 
WUUS51 KCLE 302256
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-085-302330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.150530T2256Z-150530T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
656 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 656 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARRENSVILLE
  HEIGHTS...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PARMA...EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...SOLON...WILLOUGHBY...
  EASTLAKE...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH RUSSELL...HIGHLAND HILLS...
  TIMBERLAKE...LAKELINE...CHESTERLAND...GARFIELD HEIGHTS...SHAKER
  HEIGHTS...MAPLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...BROADVIEW HEIGHTS...
  MAYFIELD HEIGHTS...EAST CLEVELAND AND LYNDHURST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4142 8126 4135 8153 4135 8159 4134 8159
      4132 8165 4149 8175 4155 8163 4155 8162
      4169 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 243DEG 28KT 4145 8161 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
KO

1 follow-up statement

398 
WWUS51 KCLE 302315
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
715 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

OHC035-055-085-302330-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150530T2330Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LAKE OH-GEAUGA OH-
715 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA...SOUTHWESTERN LAKE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEAUGA
COUNTIES...

AT 715 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESTERLAND...
OR 12 MILES WEST OF CHARDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...SOLON...WILLOUGHBY...EASTLAKE...
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH RUSSELL...HIGHLAND HILLS...TIMBERLAKE...
LAKELINE...CHESTERLAND...GARFIELD HEIGHTS...SHAKER HEIGHTS...MAPLE
HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...MAYFIELD HEIGHTS...EAST CLEVELAND...
LYNDHURST...UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND BEDFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4142 8126 4135 8153 4135 8159 4153 8162
      4155 8162 4169 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 243DEG 28KT 4152 8143 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
KO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 3:18 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 16 more	30 hr
May 30, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		48 hr
May 30, 5:12 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more	47 hr
May 30, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	40 min
May 30, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 min
May 30, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
May 30, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	33 min
May 30, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	31 min
May 30, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage	52 min
May 30, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		54 min
May 30, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	34 min
May 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	46 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.