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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 18, 2016Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 18, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

527 
WUUS51 KCLE 180802
SVRCLE
OHC095-180830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0035.160718T0802Z-160718T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
402 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 402 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  SYLVANIA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO...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...
  TOLEDO...SWANTON...PERRYSBURG...OREGON...SYLVANIA...ROSSFORD...
  WATERVILLE...NORTHWOOD...WHITEHOUSE...HOLLAND...MAUMEE...
  OTTAWA HILLS...WALBRIDGE...MILLBURY...CLAY CENTER...BERKEY...
  HARBOR VIEW...WILLISTON...RENO BEACH AND NEAPOLIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8339 4165 8318 4175 8313
      4176 8308 4174 8308 4172 8309 4172 8313
      4166 8317 4163 8315 4169 8285 4171 8283
      4171 8281 4174 8282 4170 8275 4148 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 247DEG 32KT 4170 8372 

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

KOSARIK

1 follow-up statement

477 
WWUS51 KCLE 180824
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
424 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

OHC095-180834-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160718T0830Z/
LUCAS OH-
424 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LUCAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 AM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8339 4165 8318 4175 8313
      4176 8308 4174 8308 4172 8309 4172 8313
      4166 8317 4163 8315 4169 8285 4171 8283
      4171 8281 4174 8282 4170 8275 4148 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 247DEG 32KT 4170 8372 

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 4:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 18, 4:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	44 min
Jul 18, 4:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	42 min
Jul 18, 4:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	33 min
Jul 18, 4:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	42 min
Jul 18, 5:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	41 min
Jul 18, 5:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	56 min
Jul 18, 6:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	20 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		6 hr
Jul 18, 3:47 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	6 hr

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.