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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 27, 2018Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2018, 6:39 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 27, 2018, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2018, 7:19 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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
Apr 27, 6:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Churchill, OHTREE DOWN ON SOUTHBOUND LANE OF ROUTE 11.
Apr 27, 6:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 N Cortland, OHNUMEROUS BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN FROM CORTLAND TO KINSMAN AREA.
Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Orangeville, OHTREE DOWN ON ROUTE 88 WEST OF ROUTE 7.

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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WUUS51 KCLE 272239
SVRCLE
OHC007-155-272330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0002.180427T2239Z-180427T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
639 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Trumbull County in northeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Ashtabula County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 730 PM EDT

* At 639 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bristolville,
  or 10 miles north of Warren, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Warren, Niles, Hubbard, Cortland, Kinsman, North Bloomfield,
  Orwell, Andover, Vienna Center, Hilltop, Maplewood Park,
  Bristolville, Girard, Vienna, McDonald, Mecca, Johnston, Cherry
  Valley, Orangeville and Yankee Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4167 8052 4114 8052 4114 8076 4150 8098
      4168 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 264DEG 31KT 4139 8079 

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

Mullen
2 follow-up statements
767 
WWUS51 KCLE 272255
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
655 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2018

OHC007-155-272330-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180427T2330Z/
Trumbull OH-Ashtabula OH-
655 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TRUMBULL AND SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTIES...

At 655 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kinsman, or 12
miles northwest of Sharpsville, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Hubbard, Cortland, Kinsman, Andover, Vienna Center, Maplewood Park,
Girard, Vienna, Mecca, Johnston, Cherry Valley, Orangeville, Yankee
Lake, Brookfield Center, Churchill and West Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4167 8052 4114 8052 4115 8069 4138 8074
      4156 8083 4168 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 264DEG 31KT 4140 8063 

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

Mullen
358 
WWUS51 KCLE 272319
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
719 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2018

OHC007-155-272329-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180427T2330Z/
Trumbull OH-Ashtabula OH-
719 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TRUMBULL AND
SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4167 8052 4114 8052 4115 8069 4138 8074
      4156 8083 4168 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 264DEG 31KT 4142 8035 

$$

Garnet

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Medina, Wayne21 min
Apr 27, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Holmes, Lake, Medina, Stark, Summit and 1 more75 min
Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and 1 more76 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.