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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 2016Ashland County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 6:37 AM EDT for Ashland County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2016, 6:37 AM EDT (10:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2016, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ashland County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 6:50 AM EDTHAIL 1New London, OHTWO REPORTS OF ONE INCH HAIL IN NEW LONDON.
Jun 16, 6:55 AM EDTHAIL 1.51 Sw New London, OHONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE NEW LONDON RESERVOIR CAMPGROUND.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 979 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
979 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

635 
WUUS51 KCLE 161037
SVRCLE
OHC005-077-093-161115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0019.160616T1037Z-160616T1115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
637 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT

* AT 637 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWALK...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  NORWALK...WELLINGTON...NEW LONDON...SULLIVAN...GREENWICH...NORTH
  FAIRFIELD...ROCHESTER AND NOVA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4105 8266 4124 8264 4123 8216 4098 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1037Z 276DEG 32KT 4115 8258 

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

KING
2 follow-up statements
177 
WWUS51 KCLE 161056
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
656 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

OHC005-077-093-161115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160616T1115Z/
HURON OH-LORAIN OH-ASHLAND OH-
656 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN HURON...SOUTHWESTERN LORAIN AND NORTHERN ASHLAND
COUNTIES...

AT 656 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
LONDON...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...NEW LONDON...SULLIVAN...ROCHESTER AND NOVA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4103 8249 4124 8247 4123 8216 4098 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 276DEG 32KT 4113 8235 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

KING
637 
WWUS51 KCLE 161114
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
714 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

OHC005-077-093-161123-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160616T1115Z/
HURON OH-LORAIN OH-ASHLAND OH-
714 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HURON...SOUTHWESTERN
LORAIN AND NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM EDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4103 8249 4124 8247 4123 8216 4098 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 276DEG 32KT 4113 8235 

$$

KING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE43 min
Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit54 min
Jun 16, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark44 min
Jun 16, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEStark115 min
Jun 16, 4:10 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE17 hr
Jun 16, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull3 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.