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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 2017Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2017, 5:20 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 3, 2017, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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
Jul 3, 5:25 PM EDTHAIL 0.885 Sw Van Buren, OHNICKEL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF VAN BUREN.
Jul 3, 5:38 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 58Findlay Airport, OHKFDY MEASURED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 50 KNOTS.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2017-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2017-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

197 
WUUS51 KCLE 032120
SVRCLE
OHC063-032200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0080.170703T2120Z-170703T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
520 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 600 PM EDT

* At 520 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over McComb, or 7
  miles west of Findlay, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Findlay, Bluffton, McComb, Arlington, Rawson, Vanlue, Mount
  Blanchard, Benton Ridge, Jenera, Mount Cory and Williamstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4117 8388 4117 8381 4106 8342 4099 8343
      4099 8346 4095 8346 4095 8348 4091 8348
      4090 8351 4082 8352 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 308DEG 28KT 4107 8378 

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

Kubina
2 follow-up statements
297 
WWUS51 KCLE 032145
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
545 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2017

OHC063-032200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-170703T2200Z/
Hancock OH-
545 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY...

At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vanlue, or 7 
miles southeast of Findlay, moving southeast at 30 mph.  At 538 pm 
an automated sensor at the Findlay Airport measured a 58 mph wind 
gust.

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...
Findlay, Arlington, Rawson, Vanlue, Mount Blanchard and Jenera. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4107 8376 4114 8373 4106 8342 4099 8343
      4099 8346 4095 8346 4095 8348 4091 8348
      4090 8351 4082 8352 4091 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 308DEG 28KT 4095 8358 

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

Kubina
475 
WWUS51 KCLE 032155
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
555 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2017

OHC063-032205-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-170703T2200Z/
Hancock OH-
555 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Cleveland.

LAT...LON 4107 8376 4114 8373 4106 8342 4099 8343
      4099 8346 4095 8346 4095 8348 4091 8348
      4090 8351 4082 8352 4091 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 308DEG 28KT 4090 8350 

$$

Kubina

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock36 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.