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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 1, 2017Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2017, 4:31 AM EST for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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: Mar 1, 2017, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2017, 5:15 AM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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
Mar 1, 5:08 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Elyria, OH	TREE AND POWER POLES DOWN.
Mar 1, 5:22 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Elyria, OH	TWO TREES DOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 1, 3:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

694 
WUUS51 KCLE 010931
SVRCLE
OHC043-093-011015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0017.170301T0931Z-170301T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
431 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Erie County in north central Ohio...
  Northern Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 515 AM EST

* At 430 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sandusky,
  moving east at 70 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...
  Lorain, Elyria, Sandusky, Vermilion, Western Vermilion, Kelleys
  Island, Strongsville, Westlake, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake,
  Amherst, Bellevue, Grafton, Northern Milan, Castalia, North
  Olmsted, Avon, Bay Village, Sheffield Lake and Olmsted Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 8271 4141 8250 4154 8196 4136 8197
      4135 8187 4128 8188 4129 8284 4145 8285
      4143 8292 4153 8287 4149 8282 4157 8282
      4152 8292 4154 8293 4159 8289 4161 8279
      4151 8272 4155 8272 4159 8276 4163 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 263DEG 60KT 4152 8273 

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

Sefcovic

1 follow-up statement

590 
WWUS51 KCLE 010956
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
456 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

OHC043-093-011015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170301T1015Z/
Erie OH-Lorain OH-
456 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST
FOR ERIE AND NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTIES...

At 455 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 14 miles north of Avon Lake to 6 miles northeast of
Northern Milan, moving east at 50 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...
Lorain, Elyria, Western Vermilion, Vermilion, Strongsville, Westlake,
North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Amherst, Grafton, North Olmsted, Avon,
Bay Village, Sheffield Lake, Eaton, Oberlin, Sheffield, South
Amherst, Berlin Heights and Birmingham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4153 8196 4136 8197 4135 8192 4135 8188
      4134 8187 4128 8188 4129 8260 4141 8247
      4154 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 268DEG 45KT 4170 8195 4133 8249 

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

Sefcovic

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 12:29 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
Mar 1, 12:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	38 min
Mar 1, 12:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 9 more	65 min
Mar 1, 1:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 4 more	60 min
Mar 1, 1:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Mar 1, 2:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull	80 min
Mar 1, 2:51 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	25 hr
Mar 1, 3:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	42 min
Mar 1, 3:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Mar 1, 3:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 2 more	61 min
Mar 1, 4:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	59 min
Mar 1, 4:36 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		84 min
Mar 1, 4:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland	52 min
Mar 1, 5:04 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		86 min
Mar 1, 5:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Summit	66 min
Mar 1, 5:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	47 min
Mar 1, 5:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit	51 min
Mar 1, 5:36 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Summit	24 min
Mar 1, 5:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	75 min
Mar 1, 5:46 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Mar 1, 5:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	26 min
Mar 1, 5:54 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	36 min
Mar 1, 6:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	59 min
Mar 1, 4:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	57 min
Mar 1, 4:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Trumbull	58 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.