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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 28, 2016Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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 28, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 28, 4:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Vermilion, OH	6-14 INCH BRANCHES DOWN IN VOLUNTEER BAY. PUBLIC REPORT FROM TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 28, 4:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ssw Vermilion, OH	FRESHLY SNAPPED TREES SOUTH SIDE OF I80. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 28, 4:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oberlin, OH	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 1263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

675 
WUUS51 KCLE 282023
SVRCLE
OHC043-093-282100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0068.160828T2023Z-160828T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
423 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHWEST LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  VERMILION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...WESTERN VERMILION...VERMILION...AMHERST...OBERLIN...SOUTH
  AMHERST AND BIRMINGHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4128 8215 4128 8234 4136 8255 4140 8256
      4139 8252 4139 8246 4143 8236 4144 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 299DEG 27KT 4140 8247 

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

MULLEN

2 follow-up statements

943 
WWUS51 KCLE 282046
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
446 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

OHC043-093-282100-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160828T2100Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN OH-
446 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR ERIE AND WEST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES...

AT 445 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
AMHERST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN VERMILION...VERMILION...AMHERST...OBERLIN...SOUTH AMHERST AND
BIRMINGHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4128 8215 4128 8234 4131 8242 4141 8241
      4139 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 297DEG 26KT 4132 8228 

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

MULLEN

818 
WWUS51 KCLE 282100
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

OHC043-093-282110-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160828T2100Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN OH-
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE AND WEST CENTRAL LORAIN
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4128 8215 4128 8234 4131 8242 4141 8241
      4139 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 299DEG 27KT 4132 8228 

$$

MULLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	41 min
Aug 28, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		63 min
Aug 28, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		97 min
Aug 28, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	45 min
Aug 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	64 min
Aug 28, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Summit, Wayne	48 min
Aug 28, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes	4 hr
Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	24 min
Aug 28, 6:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Stark, Summit	65 min
Aug 28, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit	42 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.