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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 13, 2016Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 13, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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
Aug 13, 4:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Platea, PATREE DOWN ON WIRES BLOCKING PEACH STREET.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 990 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 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

293 
WUUS51 KCLE 131958
SVRCLE
OHC007-PAC049-132045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0057.160813T1958Z-160813T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
358 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 357 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH
  KINGSVILLE...OR NEAR ASHTABULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  ASHTABULA...CONNEAUT...JEFFERSON...GIRARD...NORTH KINGSVILLE...
  ALBION...LAKE CITY...KINGSVILLE...CRANESVILLE...PLATEA...
  EDGEWOOD...KELLOGGSVILLE...PLYMOUTH CENTER AND AVONIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4191 8021 4185 8042 4185 8052 4182 8052
      4174 8077 4189 8088 4200 8053 4208 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 240DEG 49KT 4187 8073 

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

GARNET
1 follow-up statement
321 
WWUS51 KCLE 132022
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
422 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

OHC007-132028-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160813T2045Z/
ASHTABULA OH-
422 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4191 8021 4185 8042 4185 8052 4200 8052
      4208 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 249DEG 33KT 4194 8048 

$$

PAC049-132045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160813T2045Z/
ERIE PA-
422 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ERIE COUNTY...

AT 418 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONNEAUT...
MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
GIRARD...ALBION...LAKE CITY...CRANESVILLE...PLATEA AND AVONIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4191 8021 4185 8042 4185 8052 4200 8052
      4208 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 249DEG 33KT 4194 8048 

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

GARNET

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Lucas, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 2 more89 min
Aug 13, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Aug 13, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron and 8 more118 min
Aug 13, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 13, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga36 min
Aug 13, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE66 min
Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie42 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.