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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 30, 2017Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2017, 6:23 PM EDT for Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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: Apr 30, 2017, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2017, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

213 
WUUS51 KCLE 302223
SVRCLE
OHC147-175-302315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0035.170430T2223Z-170430T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
623 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Seneca County in northwestern Ohio...
  Wyandot County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 715 PM EDT

* At 623 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vanlue, or 7
  miles east of Findlay, moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Tiffin, Fostoria, Upper Sandusky, Forest, Sycamore, New Riegel,
  Carey, Nevada, Bettsville, Wharton, Kirby, Bascom and Kansas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8346 4099 8346
      4100 8342 4125 8342 4126 8308 4080 8312
      4074 8349 4082 8350 4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 233DEG 48KT 4103 8350 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mottice

3 follow-up statements

845 
WWUS51 KCLE 302237
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
637 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

OHC147-175-302315-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-170430T2315Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-
637 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES...

At 637 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fostoria,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Tiffin, Fostoria, Upper Sandusky, Forest, Sycamore, New Riegel,
Carey, Nevada, Bettsville, Wharton, Kirby, Bascom and Kansas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8346 4099 8346
      4100 8342 4125 8342 4126 8308 4080 8312
      4074 8349 4082 8350 4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 233DEG 48KT 4115 8330 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mottice

308 
WWUS51 KCLE 302247
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
647 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

OHC147-175-302315-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-170430T2315Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-
647 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN SENECA AND NORTHERN WYANDOT COUNTIES...

At 646 PM EDT, a line of severe thunderstorms were located west of 
Tiffin southwest to near Carey, moving northeast at 55 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...
Tiffin, Upper Sandusky, Forest, Sycamore, New Riegel, Carey,
Bettsville, Wharton, Kirby, Bascom and Kansas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8346 4099 8346
      4100 8342 4125 8328 4126 8308 4089 8311
      4074 8349 4082 8350 4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 233DEG 48KT 4113 8332 

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

Mottice

429 
WWUS51 KCLE 302315
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
715 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

OHC147-175-302325-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-170430T2315Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-
715 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SENECA AND NORTHERN
WYANDOT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8346 4099 8346
      4100 8342 4125 8328 4126 8308 4089 8311
      4074 8349 4082 8350 4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 233DEG 48KT 4135 8293 

$$

Mottice

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	67 min
Apr 30, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	51 min
Apr 30, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	40 min
Apr 30, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock	57 min
Apr 30, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	50 min
Apr 30, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	32 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
Apr 30, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	61 min
Apr 30, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Lorain	48 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.