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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2017Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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 4, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

370 
WUUS51 KCLE 041648
SVRCLE
OHC169-041715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0113.170804T1648Z-170804T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1248 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 115 PM EDT

* At 1248 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Creston, or
  near Wooster, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
           trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Wooster, Rittman, Doylestown, Creston, Smithville and Burbank. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8207 4099 8199 4099 8166 4079 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 221DEG 31KT 4092 8192 

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

LaPlante
1 follow-up statement
772 
WWUS51 KCLE 041657
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1257 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017

OHC169-041715-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-170804T1715Z/
Wayne OH-
1257 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...

At 1257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rittman, or 11
miles south of Medina, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
         trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Rittman, Doylestown and Creston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4092 8191 4099 8191 4099 8169 4092 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 235DEG 28KT 4098 8180 

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

LaPlante

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE60 min
Aug 3, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 4, 3:52 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE47 hr
Aug 4, 3:55 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain47 hr
Aug 4, 7:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot66 min
Aug 4, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Lorain64 min
Aug 4, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Aug 4, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE95 min
Aug 4, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula67 min
Aug 4, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage23 min
Aug 4, 12:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula3 hr
Aug 4, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull15 min
Aug 4, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Erie, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Medina and 3 more62 min
Aug 4, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 4, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland49 min
Aug 4, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland26 min
Aug 4, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 4, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula77 min
Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull64 min
Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 4, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark36 min
Aug 4, 6:59 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryCLE3 hr

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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.