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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 2015Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 3:56 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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: Jun 23, 2015, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 4:48 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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
Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Avon Lake, OH	TRAINED SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED TREES DOWN IN AVON LAKE NEAR LAKE ROAD AND REDWOOD AVENUE. ROOF OF BUILDING AT POWER PLANT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.
Jun 23, 4:15 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 52	Cleveland, OH	BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT

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
Jun 23, 3:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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: 584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

322 
WUUS51 KCLE 230756
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-230900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0073.150623T0756Z-150623T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
356 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 355 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MENTOR TO NEAR CLEVELAND TO NEAR VERMILION...
  MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...VERMILION...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...
  EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...STRONGSVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WESTLAKE...
  NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...
  WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...AMHERST...GRAFTON...HIGHLAND HILLS AND NORTH
  OLMSTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM   WINDOWS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4136 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8197 4126 8198 4127 8234
      4143 8234 4143 8227 4147 8218 4152 8202
      4148 8189 4150 8180 4149 8175 4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 279DEG 69KT 4165 8136 4156 8172 4149 8235 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KUBINA

3 follow-up statements

297 
WWUS51 KCLE 230825
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
425 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

OHC035-093-230900-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150623T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
425 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA AND LORAIN COUNTIES...

AT 423 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHARDON TO NEAR WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS TO NEAR 
AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A 52 MPH WIND GUST HAS BEEN 
MEASURED AT BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND.  

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...VERMILION...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...
EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...STRONGSVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WESTLAKE...
NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...WARRENSVILLE
HEIGHTS...AMHERST...GRAFTON...HIGHLAND HILLS AND NORTH OLMSTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4136 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8197 4126 8198 4127 8234
      4143 8234 4143 8227 4147 8218 4152 8202
      4148 8189 4150 8180 4149 8175 4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 272DEG 70KT 4154 8120 4145 8156 4138 8219 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$
KUBINA

975 
WWUS51 KCLE 230834
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
434 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

OHC093-230843-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150623T0900Z/
LORAIN OH-
434 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LORAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4136 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4135 8187 4136 8197
      4150 8196 4148 8189 4150 8180 4149 8174
      4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 279DEG 69KT 4151 8097 4142 8133 4135 8196 

$$

OHC035-230900-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150623T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
434 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

AT 433 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ORWELL TO SOUTH RUSSELL TO NEAR NORTH
RIDGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
STRONGSVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON...SOLON...
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...HIGHLAND HILLS...NORTH OLMSTED...GARFIELD
HEIGHTS...SHAKER HEIGHTS...MAPLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...PARMA
HEIGHTS...ROCKY RIVER AND BROADVIEW HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4136 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4135 8187 4136 8197
      4150 8196 4148 8189 4150 8180 4149 8174
      4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 279DEG 69KT 4151 8097 4142 8133 4135 8196 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KUBINA

362 
WWUS51 KCLE 230848
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
448 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

OHC035-230858-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150623T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
448 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4136 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8188 4135 8187 4136 8197
      4150 8196 4148 8189 4150 8180 4149 8174
      4163 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 279DEG 69KT 4147 8062 4138 8098 4131 8161 

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		23 min
Jun 23, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 23, 3:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	67 min
Jun 23, 3:56 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Ottawa	17 hr
Jun 23, 5:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	35 min
Jun 23, 5:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	26 min
Jun 23, 5:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	20 hr
Jun 23, 11:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning	3 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.