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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2016Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2016, 4:55 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 22, 2016, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
Jul 22, 5:07 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStreetsboro, OHTREE DAMAGE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONE TREE UPROOTED ONTO HOUSE.
Jul 22, 5:07 PM EDTHAIL 1Streetsboro, OHNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

187 
WUUS51 KCLE 222055
SVRCLE
OHC133-153-222145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0045.160722T2055Z-160722T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
455 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 454 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  STREETSBORO... OR NEAR RAVENNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  AKRON...RAVENNA...CUYAHOGA FALLS...KENT...GREEN...HUDSON...
  TALLMADGE...STREETSBORO...MOGADORE...MANTUA...STOW...AURORA...
  BRIMFIELD...RANDOLPH...MUNROE FALLS...LAKEMORE...ATWATER...
  EDINBURG...SILVER LAKE AND DEERFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4125 8146 4131 8125 4102 8099 4099 8100
      4098 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 329DEG 16KT 4120 8131 

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

OUDEMAN
2 follow-up statements
861 
WWUS51 KCLE 222120
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
520 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

OHC133-153-222145-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160722T2145Z/
SUMMIT OH-PORTAGE OH-
520 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT AND SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES...

AT 520 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RAVENNA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
AKRON...RAVENNA...CUYAHOGA FALLS...KENT...GREEN...TALLMADGE...
MOGADORE...STOW...BRIMFIELD...RANDOLPH...MUNROE FALLS...LAKEMORE...
ATWATER...EDINBURG...SILVER LAKE...DEERFIELD...BRADY LAKE...
LIMAVILLE AND UNIONTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4119 8146 4117 8113 4102 8099 4099 8100
      4098 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 327DEG 13KT 4115 8127 

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

OUDEMAN
803 
WWUS51 KCLE 222139
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
539 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

OHC133-153-222148-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160722T2145Z/
SUMMIT OH-PORTAGE OH-
539 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT AND
SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM 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 GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4119 8146 4117 8113 4102 8099 4099 8100
      4098 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 329DEG 16KT 4115 8127 

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:44 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula11 hr
Jul 22, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE11 hr
Jul 22, 8:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula2 hr
Jul 22, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
Jul 22, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage, Trumbull36 min

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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.