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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 2016Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 27, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WUUS51 KCLE 271856
SVRCLE
OHC123-143-272000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0066.160827T1856Z-160827T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
256 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 255 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORTHWOOD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBSONBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...OREGON...BELLEVUE...CLYDE...NORTHWOOD...
  OAK HARBOR...GIBSONBURG...GENOA...WOODVILLE...ELMORE...
  GREEN SPRINGS...BALLVILLE...MILLBURY...RISINGSUN...LINDSEY...
  ROCKY RIDGE...CLAY CENTER...HELENA AND BURGOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4173 8339 4165 8318 4175 8313 4176 8308
      4172 8309 4171 8313 4164 8317 4154 8292
      4163 8287 4127 8285 4125 8342 4162 8342
      4162 8317 4164 8323 4170 8333 4169 8343
      4172 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 233DEG 24KT 4156 8346 4132 8345 

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

KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
723 
WWUS51 KCLE 271933
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016

OHC123-143-272000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160827T2000Z/
SANDUSKY OH-OTTAWA OH-
333 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SANDUSKY AND OTTAWA COUNTIES...

AT 332 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAK HARBOR TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
GIBSONBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...BELLEVUE...CLYDE...OAK HARBOR...
GIBSONBURG...ELMORE...BALLVILLE...LINDSEY...ROCKY RIDGE...HELENA...
BURGOON...VICKERY...STONY PRAIRIE...WHITES LANDING AND BONO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4170 8335 4162 8331 4167 8328 4162 8328
      4166 8326 4162 8326 4166 8322 4162 8322
      4162 8318 4175 8313 4162 8317 4154 8292
      4159 8287 4127 8285 4126 8336 4162 8332
      4170 8336 4172 8347 4172 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 243DEG 31KT 4158 8305 4127 8328 

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

KUBINA
976 
WWUS51 KCLE 271955
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016

OHC123-143-272005-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160827T2000Z/
SANDUSKY OH-OTTAWA OH-
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANDUSKY AND OTTAWA COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4170 8335 4162 8331 4167 8328 4162 8328
      4166 8326 4162 8326 4166 8322 4162 8322
      4162 8318 4175 8313 4162 8317 4154 8292
      4159 8287 4127 8285 4126 8336 4162 8332
      4170 8336 4172 8347 4172 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 233DEG 24KT 4158 8305 4127 8328 

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood42 min
Aug 27, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE94 min
Aug 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE65 min
Aug 27, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie, Seneca66 min
Aug 27, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHuron, Lorain59 min
Aug 27, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox, Richland55 min
Aug 27, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Knox, Morrow, Richland64 min
Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina60 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.