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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 17, 2016Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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: Aug 17, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WUUS51 KCLE 172254
SVRCLE
OHC095-123-180000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0059.160817T2254Z-160818T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
654 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OREGON...OR
  15 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PORT CLINTON...OREGON...OAK HARBOR...CATAWBA ISLAND...MARBLEHEAD...
  RENO BEACH...BONO AND WILLISTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4173 8339 4172 8335 4154 8293 4162 8288
      4159 8280 4151 8267 4146 8304 4163 8340
      4172 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 300DEG 19KT 4168 8329 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CLARK

2 follow-up statements

924 
WWUS51 KCLE 172315
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
715 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

OHC095-123-180000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160818T0000Z/
OTTAWA OH-LUCAS OH-
715 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR OTTAWA AND EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...

AT 714 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK
HARBOR...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT CLINTON...OAK HARBOR...CATAWBA ISLAND...MARBLEHEAD...
RENO BEACH AND BONO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8331 4168 8326 4154 8292 4162 8288
      4159 8280 4151 8267 4146 8304 4155 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 302DEG 26KT 4159 8312 

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

CLARK

378 
WWUS51 KCLE 172325
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

OHC095-123-172334-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160818T0000Z/
OTTAWA OH-LUCAS OH-
725 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTTAWA AND EAST CENTRAL LUCAS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4164 8331 4168 8326 4154 8292 4162 8288
      4159 8280 4151 8267 4146 8304 4155 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 300DEG 19KT 4160 8292 

$$

CLARK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 17, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Portage	42 min
Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	52 min
Aug 17, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
Aug 17, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	44 min
Aug 17, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.