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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 18, 2017Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 9:19 PM EDTHAIL 1Creston, OH
May 18, 9:36 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Marshallville, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

209 
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
 
$$

Kubina
2 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
 
$$

Kubina
525 
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 

$$

Kubina

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula42 min
May 18, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland27 min
May 18, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland43 min
May 19, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWayne40 min
May 19, 3:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE32 hr
May 19, 4:08 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more32 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.