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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 2017Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2017, 7:08 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 7, 2017, 7:08 AM EDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2017, 8:07 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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
Jul 7, 7:18 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elyria, OH	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN LORAIN COUNTY. SOME OF THESE TREES IN THE ELYRIA AREA PROMPTED ROAD CLOSURES AND POWER OUTAGES.
Jul 7, 7:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 43	3 N Cleveland, OH	ASOS STATION BKL, BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT.
Jul 7, 7:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Parma, OH	TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED A 52 KNOT THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

611 
WUUS51 KCLE 071108
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-071230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0082.170707T1108Z-170707T1230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
708 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Northern Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 830 AM EDT

* At 708 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 16 miles north of Avon Lake to 10 miles north of
  Lorain to near Western Vermilion, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Vermilion, Western Vermilion, Parma,
  Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Strongsville, Westlake, North
  Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Avon Lake, Warrensville Heights,
  Amherst, Grafton, South Russell and Highland Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8137 4142 8137 4142 8139 4136 8139
      4135 8159 4128 8157 4129 8234 4143 8235
      4153 8201 4150 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 280DEG 27KT 4172 8212 4159 8217 4144 8238 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Mullen

3 follow-up statements

220 
WWUS51 KCLE 071123
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
723 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

OHC035-093-071230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170707T1230Z/
Cuyahoga OH-Lorain OH-
723 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA AND NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTIES...

At 723 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles north of Lakewood to near Avon Lake to Elyria
to 8 miles south of Amherst, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Vermilion, Parma, Lakewood, Euclid,
Cleveland Heights, Strongsville, Westlake, North Royalton, North
Ridgeville, Solon, Avon Lake, Warrensville Heights, Amherst, Grafton,
South Russell, Highland Hills and North Olmsted.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8137 4142 8137 4142 8139 4136 8139
      4135 8159 4128 8157 4129 8234 4145 8226
      4153 8201 4150 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 286DEG 39KT 4166 8190 4153 8195 4138 8207 4128
8224

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

Mullen

860 
WWUS51 KCLE 071148
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
748 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

OHC093-071158-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170707T1230Z/
Lorain OH-
748 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8137 4142 8137 4142 8139 4136 8139
      4135 8159 4128 8157 4128 8188 4135 8187
      4144 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 280DEG 27KT 4163 8167 4150 8172 4135 8184 4125
8201

$$

OHC035-071230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170707T1230Z/
Cuyahoga OH-
748 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

At 748 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles west of Euclid to Cleveland to near
Strongsville to near Grafton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Parma, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Strongsville, North
Royalton, Solon, Warrensville Heights, South Russell, Highland Hills,
Garfield Heights, Shaker Heights, Maple Heights, South Euclid, Parma
Heights, Broadview Heights, Brook Park, Mayfield Heights, Berea and
East Cleveland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8137 4142 8137 4142 8139 4136 8139
      4135 8159 4128 8157 4128 8188 4135 8187
      4144 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 280DEG 27KT 4163 8167 4150 8172 4135 8184 4125
8201

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

Mullen

292 
WWUS51 KCLE 071207
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
807 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

OHC035-071216-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170707T1230Z/
Cuyahoga OH-
807 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8137 4142 8137 4142 8139 4136 8139
      4135 8159 4128 8157 4128 8188 4135 8187
      4144 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 280DEG 27KT 4161 8150 4148 8155 4133 8167 4123
8185

$$

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 5:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Jul 7, 6:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wyandot	43 min
Jul 7, 6:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	30 min
Jul 7, 6:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
Jul 7, 6:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lorain, Richland and 3 more	44 min
Jul 7, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		50 min
Jul 7, 7:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina	54 min
Jul 7, 7:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Morrow, Richland, Wayne	77 min
Jul 7, 7:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Jul 7, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	62 min
Jul 7, 7:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	63 min
Jul 7, 8:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark, Trumbull	50 min
Jul 7, 10:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	41 min
Jul 7, 10:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	59 min
Jul 7, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	77 min
Jul 7, 11:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot	3 hr
Jul 7, 12:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	40 min
Jul 7, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	71 min
Jul 7, 12:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne	68 min
Jul 7, 12:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford	3 hr
Jul 7, 12:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	3 hr
Jul 7, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	73 min
Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Knox	3 hr
Jul 7, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	34 min
Jul 7, 2:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	5 hr
Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		24 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.