Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cuyahoga County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Westlake, OH | LARGE LIMBS AND TREE DOWN ON DETROIT ROAD BETWEEN DOVER AND CROCKER. |
| Aug 11, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rocky River, OH | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROCKY RIVER. |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rocky River, OH | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROCKY RIVER INCLUDING ONE BLOCKING DETROIT ROAD EAST OF BASSETT. |
| Aug 11, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakewood, OH | LOCAL CLEVELAND TV STATION REPORTED 30+ TREES DOWN IN LAKEWOOD. MOST TREES FELL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH SOME ON HOMES. ONE TREE BLOCKED WOODWARD AVENUE. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
943
WUUS51 KCLE 112030
SVRCLE
OHC035-112115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0055.160811T2030Z-160811T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 430 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
WESTLAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
STRONGSVILLE...WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON...SOLON...
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...HIGHLAND HILLS...NORTH OLMSTED...
GARFIELD HEIGHTS...SHAKER HEIGHTS...MAPLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH EUCLID...
PARMA HEIGHTS...ROCKY RIVER...BROADVIEW HEIGHTS AND BROOK PARK.
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 8144 4135 8141
4135 8159 4134 8160 4133 8187 4135 8188
4135 8197 4150 8197 4153 8195 4153 8172
4165 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 254DEG 21KT 4144 8194
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SEFCOVIC2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KCLE 112053
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
453 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
OHC035-112115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160811T2115Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
453 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY...
AT 453 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKEWOOD...OR
NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
STRONGSVILLE...NORTH ROYALTON...SOLON...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...
HIGHLAND HILLS...GARFIELD HEIGHTS...SHAKER HEIGHTS...MAPLE HEIGHTS...
SOUTH EUCLID...PARMA HEIGHTS...ROCKY RIVER...BROADVIEW HEIGHTS...
BROOK PARK...MAYFIELD HEIGHTS AND EAST CLEVELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4157 8144 4135 8141
4135 8159 4134 8160 4133 8182 4141 8181
4153 8184 4153 8172 4165 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 254DEG 21KT 4148 8177
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SEFCOVIC052
WWUS51 KCLE 112114
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
514 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
OHC035-112123-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160811T2115Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
514 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 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 AND THE STORM MAY
STILL REINTENSIFY. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH PORTIONS OF
THIS STORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CLEVELAND.
LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4157 8144 4135 8141
4135 8159 4134 8160 4133 8182 4141 8181
4153 8184 4153 8172 4165 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 254DEG 21KT 4148 8177
$$
SEFCOVICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 109 min |
| Aug 11, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 64 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 118 min |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 55 min | |
| Aug 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 23 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.