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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 28, 2016Medina County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 5:40 PM EDT for Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2016, 6:04 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Medina, OH	NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED FENN AND ABBYVILLE. REPORTED BY MEDINA COUNTY EMA.
Aug 28, 5:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Medina, OH	MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED.
Aug 28, 5:44 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 N Medina, OH
Aug 28, 5:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Medina, OH	SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF GRANGER ROAD AND WINDFALL ROAD. ROAD WAS CLOSED INTO MONDAY MORNING.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 820 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

543 
WUUS51 KCLE 282140
SVRCLE
OHC103-153-282230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0070.160828T2140Z-160828T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
  EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MEDINA...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO WEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDINA...CHIPPEWA LAKE...HINCKLEY...FAIRLAWN...WESTFIELD CENTER...
  GLORIA GLENS PARK...PIGEON CREEK...CHIPPEWA-ON-THE-LAKE...
  BRIARWOOD BEACH AND MONTROSE-GHENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4103 8192 4127 8189 4127 8169 4110 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 288DEG 19KT 4114 8182 

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

MULLEN

1 follow-up statement

907 
WWUS51 KCLE 282204
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-153-282214-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-160828T2230Z/
SUMMIT OH-MEDINA OH-
604 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SUMMIT AND
EASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4103 8192 4127 8189 4127 8169 4110 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 288DEG 19KT 4110 8167 

$$

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, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	37 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, 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

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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.