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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 18, 2016Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 4:33 AM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 546 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

209 
WUUS51 KCLE 180833
SVRCLE
OHC143-180915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0037.160718T0833Z-160718T0915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT

* AT 433 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GIBSONBURG... OR NEAR FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FREMONT...BELLEVUE...CLYDE...GIBSONBURG...WOODVILLE...ELMORE...
  GREEN SPRINGS...BALLVILLE...RISINGSUN...LINDSEY...HELENA...
  BURGOON...VICKERY...STONY PRAIRIE AND WHITES LANDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4146 8341 4145 8285 4126 8284 4126 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 267DEG 37KT 4139 8324 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
333 
WWUS51 KCLE 180853
SVSCLE

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

OHC143-180915-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160718T0915Z/
SANDUSKY OH-
453 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY...

AT 452 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLYDE...OR 7
MILES SOUTH OF PORT CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREMONT...BELLEVUE...CLYDE...GREEN SPRINGS...BALLVILLE...
WHITES LANDING...VICKERY AND STONY PRAIRIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4146 8315 4146 8309 4145 8285 4126 8284
      4126 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 267DEG 37KT 4140 8297 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LOMBARDY
141 
WWUS51 KCLE 180911
SVSCLE

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

OHC143-180921-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160718T0915Z/
SANDUSKY OH-
511 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 AM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4146 8315 4146 8309 4145 8285 4126 8284
      4126 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 267DEG 37KT 4140 8297 

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas28 min
Jul 18, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 18, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood44 min
Jul 18, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa33 min
Jul 18, 4:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot42 min
Jul 18, 5:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron41 min
Jul 18, 5:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain56 min
Jul 18, 6:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain20 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 hr
Jul 18, 3:47 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.