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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 18, 2016Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 5:34 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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, 5:34 AM EDT (09:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

122 
WUUS51 KCLE 180934
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-181030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0041.160718T0934Z-160718T1030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 533 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LORAIN...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...WESTERN VERMILION...VERMILION...
  PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...STRONGSVILLE...
  WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...
  WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...AMHERST...HIGHLAND HILLS...
  NORTH OLMSTED AND GARFIELD HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4157 8140 4135 8140
      4135 8159 4130 8234 4144 8235 4153 8195
      4153 8172 4162 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0933Z 269DEG 53KT 4142 8218 

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

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, 4:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky42 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, 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.