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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 2017Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2017, 4:37 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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: Jun 13, 2017, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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
Jun 13, 4:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cardington, OH	SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CARDINGTON AREA. ALSO REPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR IBERIA

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 1831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

933 
WUUS51 KCLE 132037
SVRCLE
OHC117-132130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0061.170613T2037Z-170613T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
437 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Morrow County in north central Ohio...

* Until 530 PM EDT

* At 436 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Gilead,
  moving southeast at 10 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...
  Mount Gilead, Galion, Cardington, Ashley, Chesterville, Sparta,
  Edison, Marengo, Fulton, Iberia and Shauck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4036 8293 4041 8293 4042 8302 4049 8301
      4049 8296 4064 8296 4064 8286 4072 8285
      4071 8262 4067 8262 4067 8265 4064 8264
      4063 8262 4055 8262 4055 8264 4035 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 307DEG 9KT 4059 8285 

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

LaPlante

1 follow-up statement

920 
WWUS51 KCLE 132126
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
526 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

OHC117-132136-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-170613T2130Z/
Morrow OH-
526 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4036 8293 4041 8293 4042 8302 4049 8301
      4049 8296 4064 8296 4064 8286 4072 8285
      4071 8262 4067 8262 4067 8265 4064 8264
      4063 8262 4055 8262 4055 8264 4035 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 307DEG 9KT 4052 8272 

$$

LaPlante

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 1:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
120 PM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
A weak cold front will drop south into the area today and stall for
Wednesday then slowly lift back north of the area Thursday into
Friday. A cold front will push east through the region Sunday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
No major changes from previous update. Scattered convection has
developed across the area, and adjusted pops to the latest radar
and hi-res trends. Switched to coverage wording for the forecast
through the evening, back to slight chance after Midnight. Temps
have shot up rapidly this afternoon, even behind the outflow
boundary with winds off of the lake, so adjusted the temperature
trends a bit. Still expecting a rapid diminishment of convection
after the 02-04Z timeframe, and will look to refine pops a bit
more before the next forecast update.

Previous discussion...
Fairly significant changes to the forecast today and tonight as
new data coming in shows frontal boundary pushing well through
the area this afternoon/evening and likely settling south of the
area tomorrow morning. This has resulted in a lowering of pops
overnight, cutting to slight chance south and southwest, with
sub-mentionable pops north and northeast. Growing more and more
confident in this scenario, as latest satellite and obs trends
show a boundary already pushing onshore across far NE OH and NW
PA. This is likely an outflow from the remnant central Great
Lakes MCS that moved through overnight vs. the actual synoptic
front. Much of today's forecast still remains on track, with the
front progged to move south of the lake between 18Z and 21Z,
but then pushing through the area entirely by the 02-03Z
timeframe. Marginal risk still looks warranted with 2500-3500
j/kg SBCAPE building south of the front, however little/no deep
layer shear, nearly saturated environment up through 700mb, very
dry air above 700mb has the makings of a less-organized pulse-
type storm environment with downburst wind potential the primary
threat. Some minor adjustments to high temps today, especially
across far NE OH and NW PA where winds have already flipped more
NW/N off of the lake and forecast highs have been lowered.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
The front will be stalled over the cwa Wed then lift nne back out of
the cwa Thu and Thu night which should leave only small chc pops for
mainly the east on Fri. Overall, there is not a big flood threat but
with a prolonged threat for tsra, if some spots see repeated heavy
rains then some localized flood related issues could develop. The
severe threat should stay limited.

Temps should run near or slightly above normal Wed and Thu then
trend a few degrees warmer for Fri as the warm front lifts off to
the ne.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
The first half of the long term forecast looks fairly active with
the extended guidance showing an upper trough over the Great Lakes
that will support an area of low pressure and its associated cold
front at the surface. Given a favorable setup for convection with
good upper level support, have raised pops to high chance pops for
much of Saturday and Sunday until the cold front passes early Monday
morning. Temperatures through this time period will be close to
normal as the area will be in the warm sector of the cold front
through the weekend.

The first couple days of the next work week certainly will be a
change of pace from the past two weeks or so. Cold air behind the
cold front will move in with support from northwest flow aloft. A
broad area of high pressure is progged to develop, keeping things
rather dry for Monday and much of Tuesday. So while, these couples
days will be dry, temperatures will take a tumble into the low to
mid 70s, or a couple degrees below normal.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z Tuesday THROUGH Sunday/...
A cold front will sink south into the region this afternoon.
Unstable conditions south of the front will lead to rapid
cumulus development through the afternoon hours, with scattered
TSRA possible. Coverage should be fairly widespread, but only
mention TSRA in a TEMPO at KMFD and KCAK this afternoon, with
VCTS mention at KFDY, KTOL and KYNG. TSRA activity should
diminish rapidly after 00Z, with some localized MVFR BR
developing overnight, especially where thunderstorms persist
this afternoon. Winds will veer from southwesterly south of the
front to northerly north of the front, becoming generally calm
after Midnight.

OUTLOOK...Non-VFR possible in thunderstorms through Thursday
night.

&&

.MARINE...
The lake will start rather benign today as southerly flow continues
over the basin. However, a weak cold front will shift south
throughout the day today and winds will flip around from the south
to the north and eventually to the northeast for Wednesday, once the
front stalls south of the lake. Winds will pick up while northeast
on Wednesday and for now look to be below SCA conditions, although
waves may be close in the 2 to 4 feet range. The front will then
move back north on Thursday as a warm front and winds will shift
back around to the south for Thursday and should remain in a south
to southwest flow through much of the weekend. These southerly winds
should be much of the same that we have seen from the past couple
days with 5-15 knots over the lake for much of the end of the week.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...None.
PA...None.
MARINE...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...Adams
NEAR TERM...Greenawalt
SHORT TERM...Adams
LONG TERM...Sefcovic
AVIATION...Greenawalt
MARINE...Sefcovic

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:28 AM EDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
428 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-140830-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
428 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms for most of the
area today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms Wednesday through
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-140830-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie open waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
428 AM EDT Tue Jun 13 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:50 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
350 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WNW MASSILLON         40.81N 81.59W
06/13/2017  M1.30 INCH       STARK              OH   MESONET

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:52 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             5 SW SHELBY             40.83N 82.73W
06/13/2017  E0.25 INCH       CRAWFORD           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
409 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HEAVY RAIN       NASHVILLE               40.60N 82.11W
06/13/2017  M1.40 INCH       HOLMES             OH   MESONET

            1 HOUR RAINFALL.

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:18 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
418 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 S HARTVILLE           40.92N 81.33W
06/13/2017  M1.12 INCH       STARK              OH   MESONET

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
422 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW DANVILLE           40.47N 82.29W
06/13/2017                   KNOX               OH   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN KNOX COUNTY. APPLE VALLEY RD.
            DANVILLE AMITY ROAD, BEACON RD AND JONATHAN DRIVE.

&&

GARNET

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
434 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEXINGTON               40.68N 82.59W
06/13/2017                   RICHLAND           OH   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES AND TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE
            TROY TOWNSHIP AREA.

&&

GARNET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	48 min
Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	33 min
Jun 13, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Knox, Morrow	56 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	39 min
Jun 13, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	41 min
Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox, Morrow	58 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	50 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark	3 hr
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	43 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	63 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Richland	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland	57 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	58 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Huron	4 hr
Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	52 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	6 hr
Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	46 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Seneca	4 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.