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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 16, 2017Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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
Jul 16, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2017, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

292 
WUUS51 KCLE 162228
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-170000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0099.170716T2228Z-170717T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
628 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 800 PM EDT

* At 628 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Castalia, or
  near Sandusky, moving southeast at 20 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...
  Sandusky, Norwalk, Western Vermilion, Kelleys Island, Bellevue,
  Northern Milan, Milan, Wakeman, Castalia, Monroeville, Marblehead,
  Berlin Heights, North Fairfield, Bloomingville, Sandusky South,
  Birmingham and Fairview Lanes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4149 8272 4149 8269 4147 8266 4147 8268
      4138 8248 4143 8235 4128 8235 4109 8259
      4129 8285 4144 8285 4147 8283 4145 8276
      4158 8269 4161 8273 4163 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 312DEG 13KT 4140 8276 

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

Adams
2 follow-up statements
433 
WWUS51 KCLE 162244
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
644 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

OHC043-077-170000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-170717T0000Z/
Huron OH-Erie OH-
644 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES...

At 644 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Milan, or 7
miles north of Norwalk, moving southeast at 20 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...
Sandusky, Norwalk, Western Vermilion, Bellevue, Northern Milan,
Milan, Wakeman, Castalia, Monroeville, Berlin Heights, North
Fairfield, Bloomingville, Birmingham and Sandusky South.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4141 8269 4138 8248 4143 8235 4128 8235
      4109 8259 4129 8285 4141 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 299DEG 22KT 4135 8263 

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

Adams
152 
WWUS51 KCLE 162335
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

OHC043-077-162344-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-170717T0000Z/
Huron OH-Erie OH-
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HURON AND ERIE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4141 8269 4138 8248 4143 8235 4128 8235
      4109 8259 4129 8285 4141 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 312DEG 13KT 4123 8245 

$$

Adams

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood65 min
Jul 16, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa61 min
Jul 16, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELorain22 min
Jul 16, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESeneca50 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.