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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 2016Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2016, 7:19 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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 25, 2016, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2016-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

158 
WUUS51 KCLE 252319
SVRCLE
OHC133-260000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0063.160825T2319Z-160826T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
719 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAVENNA...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
  RAVENNA...BRIMFIELD...RANDOLPH...ATWATER...EDINBURG...
  CRAIG BEACH...DEERFIELD AND WAYLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4106 8137 4122 8126 4114 8099 4099 8100
      4099 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 298DEG 23KT 4111 8123 

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

LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
800 
WWUS51 KCLE 252333
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
733 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

OHC133-260000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160826T0000Z/
PORTAGE OH-
733 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY...

AT 733 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RAVENNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
ATWATER...EDINBURG...CRAIG BEACH AND DEERFIELD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4105 8122 4118 8118 4114 8099 4099 8100
      4099 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 298DEG 23KT 4107 8112 

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

LAPLANTE
703 
WWUS51 KCLE 252352
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
752 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

OHC133-260002-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160826T0000Z/
PORTAGE OH-
752 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4105 8122 4118 8118 4114 8099 4099 8100
      4099 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 298DEG 23KT 4107 8112 

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock, Wood38 min
Aug 24, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood48 min
Aug 24, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood44 min
Aug 24, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood40 min
Aug 24, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESandusky, Seneca56 min
Aug 25, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula27 min
Aug 25, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning24 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.