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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 2016Portage County, Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2016, 1:40 PM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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 24, 2016, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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 24, 1:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Hills And Dales, OHNUMEROUD TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. ONE 20 INCH DIAMETER TREE ON HOUE. UTILITY WIRES DOWN ALSO.
Jul 24, 1:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Hills And Dales, OHNUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. ONE 20 INCH DIAMETER TREE ON HOUSE. UTILITY WIRES DOWN ALSO.
Jul 24, 2:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Canton, OHLARGE TREE DOWN ON PERRY DRIVE.

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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2016-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

251 
WUUS51 KCLE 241740
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-241830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0047.160724T1740Z-160724T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
140 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  NORTHERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 140 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTVILLE...
  OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON...MASSILLON...GREEN...ALLIANCE...NORTH CANTON...
  LOUISVILLE...MOGADORE...HARTVILLE...BRIMFIELD...RANDOLPH...
  ATWATER...EDINBURG...DEERFIELD...MEYERS LAKE...HILLS AND DALES...
  LIMAVILLE...MAXIMO...GREENTOWN AND UNIONTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4082 8162 4091 8153 4091 8142 4098 8142
      4099 8139 4106 8139 4112 8133 4111 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8109 4080 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 265DEG 36KT 4102 8130 

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

KOSARIK
1 follow-up statement
169 
WWUS51 KCLE 241819
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
219 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

OHC133-151-241830-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160724T1830Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
219 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND NORTHERN STARK COUNTIES...

AT 216 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLIANCE AND
CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANTON...MASSILLON...GREEN...ALLIANCE...NORTH CANTON...LOUISVILLE...
DEERFIELD...MEYERS LAKE...HILLS AND DALES...LIMAVILLE...MAXIMO AND
GREENTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4082 8162 4091 8153 4091 8142 4097 8122
      4111 8100 4099 8100 4099 8109 4080 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 269DEG 38KT 4086 8111 

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

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHuron, Medina64 min
Jul 24, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit40 min
Jul 24, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Jul 24, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark47 min
Jul 24, 2:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEPortage, Stark, Summit3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.