Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 8:52 PM EDT for Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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
- May 18, 2017, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:19 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Creston, OH | |
| May 18, 9:36 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Marshallville, OH |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KCLE 190052
SVRCLE
OHC103-169-190145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0040.170519T0052Z-170519T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
852 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...
* Until 945 PM EDT
* At 852 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Chippewa Lake to near West Salem, moving east
at 30 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...
Medina, Wooster, Wadsworth, Orrville, Rittman, Doylestown, Lodi,
Creston, Dalton, West Salem, Chippewa Lake, Seville, Smithville,
Westfield Center, Marshallville, Gloria Glens Park, Burbank,
Congress, Chippewa-On-The-Lake and Reedsburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 8213 4094 8213 4114 8206 4117 8169
4099 8169 4098 8166 4078 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 278DEG 26KT 4111 8192 4090 8204
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Kubina2 follow-up statements
603
WWUS51 KCLE 190116
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
916 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
OHC103-190125-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170519T0145Z/
Medina OH-
916 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4079 8179 4079 8191 4080 8208 4089 8206
4099 8206 4099 8168 4098 8166 4078 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 278DEG 26KT 4109 8170 4088 8182
$$
OHC169-190145-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170519T0145Z/
Wayne OH-
916 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...
At 915 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Wadsworth to near Orrville, moving east at 30
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...
Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Doylestown, Creston, Dalton, Smithville,
Marshallville, Burbank and Congress.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4079 8179 4079 8191 4080 8208 4089 8206
4099 8206 4099 8168 4098 8166 4078 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 278DEG 26KT 4109 8170 4088 8182
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Kubina525
WWUS51 KCLE 190141
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
941 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
OHC169-190151-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170519T0145Z/
Wayne OH-
941 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4079 8179 4079 8191 4080 8208 4089 8206
4099 8206 4099 8168 4098 8166 4078 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 278DEG 26KT 4109 8170 4088 8182
$$
KubinaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 42 min |
| May 18, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 27 min |
| May 18, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 43 min |
| May 19, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wayne | 40 min |
| May 19, 3:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 32 hr | |
| May 19, 4:08 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.