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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 24, 2017Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2017, 8:30 PM EST for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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
Feb 24, 2017, 8:30 PM EST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2017, 8:59 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

530 
WUUS51 KCLE 250130
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-250215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0008.170225T0130Z-170225T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
830 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Huron County in north central Ohio...
  Erie County in north central Ohio...

* Until 915 PM EST

* At 829 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willard, or
  15 miles southwest of Norwalk, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Norwalk, Milan, Northern Milan, Wakeman, Monroeville, Berlin
  Heights, North Fairfield and Birmingham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4143 8254 4141 8250 4142 8243 4142 8242
      4134 8234 4120 8234 4104 8269 4124 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 233DEG 44KT 4109 8282 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mottice
2 follow-up statements
750 
WWUS51 KCLE 250141
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
841 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

OHC043-077-250215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170225T0215Z/
Huron OH-Erie OH-
841 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES...

At 841 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Norwalk, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Norwalk, Milan, Northern Milan, Wakeman, Berlin Heights and
Birmingham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4141 8250 4142 8242 4134 8234 4120 8234
      4112 8252 4133 8267 4143 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 233DEG 44KT 4118 8266 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mottice
832 
WWUS51 KCLE 250159
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
859 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

OHC043-077-250209-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170225T0215Z/
Huron OH-Erie OH-
859 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HURON AND ERIE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 AM EST for
north central Ohio.

LAT...LON 4141 8250 4142 8242 4134 8234 4120 8234
      4112 8252 4133 8267 4143 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 233DEG 44KT 4132 8242 

$$

Mottice

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE62 min
Feb 24, 7:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie42 min
Feb 24, 7:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca28 min
Feb 24, 7:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot36 min
Feb 24, 8:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca23 min
Feb 24, 8:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min
Feb 24, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain24 min
Feb 24, 9:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot53 min
Feb 24, 9:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Feb 24, 9:51 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE41 hr
Feb 24, 10:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Huron, Richland, Wayne60 min
Feb 24, 10:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood66 min
Feb 24, 10:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit55 min
Feb 25, 12:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull48 min

Nearby

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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.