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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2018Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2018, 5:49 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2018, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2018, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2018-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

228 
WUUS51 KCLE 262149
SVRCLE
OHC035-262230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0045.180726T2149Z-180726T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
549 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 548 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cleveland,
  moving east at 40 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...
  Cleveland, Parma, Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Westlake,
  Solon, Warrensville Heights, Highland Hills, North Olmsted,
  Garfield Heights, Shaker Heights, Maple Heights, South Euclid,
  Parma Heights, Rocky River, Brook Park, Mayfield Heights, East
  Cleveland and Fairview Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4156 8139 4145 8139 4144 8138
      4142 8138 4142 8139 4137 8139 4140 8197
      4153 8196 4153 8172 4164 8154 4164 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 259DEG 33KT 4157 8164 

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

LaPlante
2 follow-up statements
972 
WWUS51 KCLE 262214
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
614 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

OHC035-262230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-180726T2230Z/
Cuyahoga OH-
614 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY...

At 614 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chesterland, or
8 miles southeast of Willowick, moving east at 45 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...
Cleveland, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Solon, Warrensville Heights,
Highland Hills, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, Mayfield Heights, East
Cleveland, Lyndhurst, University Heights, Wickliffe, Beachwood,
Richmond Heights, Willoughby Hills, Highland Heights, Pepper Pike,
Chagrin Falls and Mayfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8148 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8138 4142 8138 4141 8140 4145 8162
      4152 8165 4164 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 283DEG 37KT 4153 8139 

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

LaPlante
042 
WWUS51 KCLE 262228
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
628 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

OHC035-262238-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-180726T2230Z/
Cuyahoga OH-
628 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4164 8149 4157 8148 4156 8139 4145 8139
      4144 8138 4142 8138 4141 8140 4145 8162
      4152 8165 4164 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 264DEG 23KT 4151 8136 

$$

LaPlante

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE83 min
Jul 26, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEOttawa25 min
Jul 26, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWood62 min
Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE95 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Wood49 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Lake, Lorain24 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake67 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Jul 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula67 min
Jul 26, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga51 min
Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca85 min
Jul 26, 6:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake3 hr
Jul 26, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 min
Jul 26, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot95 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga3 hr
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Seneca76 min
Jul 26, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain43 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.