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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 4, 20185 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2018, 2:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 45 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: May 4, 2018, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2018, 3:42 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH, Richland County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
May 4, 3:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Mansfield, OH	TREE BLOCKING ROAD ON ROUTE 430
May 4, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Wooster, OH	TREE DOWN
May 4, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Smithville, OH	ROOF OF SOFTBALL FIELD DUGOUT BLOWN OFF.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

151 
WUUS51 KCLE 041857
SVRCLE
OHC005-103-139-153-169-042000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0004.180504T1857Z-180504T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
257 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Richland County in north central Ohio...
  Southeastern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
  Central Ashland County in north central Ohio...
  Summit County in northeastern Ohio...
  Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 400 PM EDT

* At 256 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles northeast of Wadsworth to near Lexington,
  moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 2:42PM a wind gust to 58 mph was 
           reported in Mansfield. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Akron, Mansfield, Wooster, Ashland, Cuyahoga Falls, Barberton,
  Green, Hudson, Wadsworth, Tallmadge, Orrville, Rittman, Lexington,
  Mogadore, Doylestown, Creston, West Salem, Hayesville, Stow and
  Norton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4067 8262 4071 8262 4071 8266 4115 8172
      4129 8140 4099 8139 4099 8142 4091 8142
      4091 8165 4083 8165 4072 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 255DEG 51KT 4112 8167 4072 8258 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

King

2 follow-up statements

088 
WWUS51 KCLE 041931
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
331 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

OHC005-103-139-041940-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180504T2000Z/
Richland OH-Medina OH-Ashland OH-
331 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA AND CENTRAL ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4096 8178 4099 8172 4099 8169 4101 8169
      4117 8140 4099 8139 4099 8142 4091 8142
      4091 8164 4083 8165 4082 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 238DEG 53KT 4093 8164 

$$

OHC153-169-042000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180504T2000Z/
Summit OH-Wayne OH-
331 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

At 330 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Doylestown, or 
12 miles southwest of Akron, moving northeast at 60 mph. Some damage 
was reported in the Smithville area earlier with this storm.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Barberton, Green, Tallmadge, Rittman,
Mogadore, Doylestown, Stow, Norton, Munroe Falls, Lakemore, Clinton,
Marshallville and Portage Lakes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4096 8178 4099 8172 4099 8169 4101 8169
      4117 8140 4099 8139 4099 8142 4091 8142
      4091 8164 4083 8165 4082 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 238DEG 53KT 4093 8164 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

King

841 
WWUS51 KCLE 041942
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

OHC153-169-041951-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180504T2000Z/
Summit OH-Wayne OH-
342 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE 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 700 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4096 8178 4099 8172 4099 8169 4101 8169
      4117 8140 4099 8139 4099 8142 4091 8142
      4091 8164 4083 8165 4082 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 255DEG 51KT 4097 8143 

$$

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		7 hr
May 4, 3:34 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	14 hr
May 4, 4:11 AM EDT	Gale Warning	CLE		15 hr
May 4, 9:32 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	CLE		8 hr
May 4, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Wood	45 min
May 4, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 min
May 4, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 4, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		97 min
May 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	43 min
May 4, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	42 min
May 4, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	24 min
May 4, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	18 min
May 4, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 min
May 4, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Richland	23 min
May 4, 6:52 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.