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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 2016Crawford County, Huron County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 5:32 PM EDT for Crawford County, Huron County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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
May 29, 2016, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, OH, Huron County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 5:50 PM EDTHAIL 15 Nw Bucyrus, OHNUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL 2 TO 5 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF BUCYRUS. HAIL RANGES IN SIZE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH.
May 29, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 1Bucyrus, OHNUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL COUNTYWIDE. HAIL RANGES IN SIZE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

265 
WUUS51 KCLE 292132
SVRCLE
OHC033-077-147-292215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0004.160529T2132Z-160529T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
532 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  EASTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 532 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCYRUS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  BUCYRUS...WILLARD...NEW WASHINGTON...BLOOMVILLE...CHATFIELD...ATTICA...
  BENTON...REPUBLIC AND OCEOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4083 8312 4099 8312 4122 8296 4107 8266
      4077 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 214DEG 18KT 4088 8305 

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

MULLEN
1 follow-up statement
705 
WWUS51 KCLE 292153
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
553 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OHC077-147-292201-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T2215Z/
HURON OH-SENECA OH-
553 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HURON AND EASTERN
SENECA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4083 8312 4099 8312 4099 8275 4077 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 28KT 4091 8289 

$$

OHC033-292215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160529T2215Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
553 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 551 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN NEW
WASHINGTON AND BUCYRUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCYRUS...NEW WASHINGTON...CHATFIELD...BENTON AND OCEOLA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4083 8312 4099 8312 4099 8275 4077 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 28KT 4091 8289 

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

MULLEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Hancock, Lucas, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa and 4 more57 min
May 29, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland42 min
May 29, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
May 29, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow41 min
May 29, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEOttawa44 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.