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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 2017Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2017, 6:18 PM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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: May 28, 2017, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

897 
WUUS51 KCLE 282218
SVRCLE
OHC055-085-282300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0045.170528T2218Z-170528T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
618 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Geauga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Lake County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 700 PM EDT

* At 618 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesterland,
  or near Chardon, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Painesville, Chardon, Fairport Harbor, Solon, South Russell,
  Madison, Middlefield, Perry, Burton, Chesterland, Kirtland, Chagrin
  Falls, Huntsburg, Moreland Hills, Claridon, Gates Mills, Montville,
  North Perry, Bentleyville and Bainbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4185 8100 4147 8100 4135 8139 4142 8140
      4142 8137 4144 8137 4145 8140 4156 8139
      4157 8130 4176 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 242DEG 12KT 4151 8124 

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

King

1 follow-up statement

709 
WWUS51 KCLE 282259
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
659 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

OHC055-085-282308-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-170528T2300Z/
Geauga OH-Lake OH-
659 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GEAUGA AND LAKE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will 
be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain is still possible 
through the remainder of the evening.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4185 8100 4147 8100 4135 8139 4142 8140
      4142 8137 4144 8137 4145 8140 4156 8139
      4157 8130 4176 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 242DEG 12KT 4157 8108 

$$

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	14 hr
May 28, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	44 min
May 28, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	52 min
May 28, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	55 min
May 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	44 min
May 28, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	48 min
May 28, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	59 min
May 28, 3:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	3 hr
May 28, 4:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	3 hr
May 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and 2 more	56 min
May 28, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
May 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain	49 min
May 28, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		67 min
May 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		97 min
May 28, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	59 min
May 28, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake, Summit	33 min
May 28, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	3 hr
May 28, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	41 min
May 28, 7:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	12 hr
May 28, 7:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	6 hr
May 28, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	57 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.