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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2016Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 2:52 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 5, 2016, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 5, 3:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 49	5 Sw Cleveland, OH	43 KNOT WIND GUST AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS 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 5, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WUUS51 KCLE 051852
SVRCLE
OHC035-085-093-051930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0011.160605T1852Z-160605T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
252 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 252 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR TIMBERLAKE TO NEAR GRAFTON...MOVING EAST AT 50
  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...
  CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...WILLOWICK...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...
  MENTOR...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...STRONGSVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WESTLAKE...NORTH
  ROYALTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...WILLOUGHBY...EASTLAKE...
  WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS AND AMHERST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4174 8137 4145 8139 4144 8137 4142 8137
      4142 8140 4135 8140 4135 8159 4128 8157
      4127 8197 4125 8198 4123 8221 4146 8228
      4154 8198 4153 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 254DEG 42KT 4173 8146 4132 8203 

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

SEFCOVIC

1 follow-up statement

148 
WWUS51 KCLE 051916
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
316 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

OHC035-085-093-051930-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160605T1930Z/
LAKE OH-CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
316 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAKE...CUYAHOGA AND NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTIES...

AT 315 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARMA...OR
NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION... ANOTHER
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORAIN... 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...
CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...WILLOWICK...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...
MENTOR...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...STRONGSVILLE...WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON...
NORTH RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...WILLOUGHBY...EASTLAKE...
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...AMHERST AND GRAFTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4174 8137 4145 8139 4144 8137 4142 8137
      4142 8140 4135 8140 4135 8159 4128 8157
      4127 8222 4146 8228 4154 8198 4153 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 247DEG 40KT 4144 8171 

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

SEFCOVIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:53 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		36 hr
Jun 5, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 5, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Lorain	38 min
Jun 5, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	34 min
Jun 5, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	41 min
Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot	42 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky	33 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	43 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	46 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit	44 min
Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	63 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	46 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	33 min
Jun 5, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	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.