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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2018Erie County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2018, 7:43 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2018, 8:26 PM EDT
In force: 43 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, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

867 
WUUS51 KCLE 262343
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-093-270100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0052.180726T2343Z-180727T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wakeman, or
  11 miles east of Norwalk, moving east at 55 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...
  Lorain, Elyria, Norwalk, Western Vermilion, Vermilion, North
  Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Amherst, Grafton, Wellington, Milan,
  Wakeman, Avon, Sheffield Lake, Eaton, Oberlin, Sheffield, Lagrange,
  Penfield and South Amherst.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188 4128 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8208 4114 8208 4117 8263
      4140 8253 4149 8219 4152 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 249DEG 47KT 4119 8240 

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

Lombardy

2 follow-up statements

131 
WWUS51 KCLE 262353
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-077-270002-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-180727T0100Z/
Huron OH-Erie OH-
753 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HURON AND ERIE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188 4128 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8208 4114 8208 4116 8234
      4128 8235 4142 8226 4149 8219 4152 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 248DEG 44KT 4123 8226 

$$

OHC093-270100-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-180727T0100Z/
Lorain OH-
753 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR LORAIN COUNTY...

At 752 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wellington, or
12 miles south of Western Vermilion, moving east at 50 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...
Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Amherst, Grafton,
Wellington, Avon, Sheffield Lake, Eaton, Oberlin, Sheffield,
Lagrange, Penfield, South Amherst, Pittsfield, Kipton and Eaton
Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188 4128 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8208 4114 8208 4116 8234
      4128 8235 4142 8226 4149 8219 4152 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 248DEG 44KT 4123 8226 

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

LaPlante

028 
WWUS51 KCLE 270026
SVSCLE

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

OHC093-270036-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-180727T0100Z/
Lorain OH-
826 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LORAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188 4128 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8208 4114 8208 4116 8234
      4128 8235 4142 8226 4149 8219 4152 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 249DEG 47KT 4139 8171 

$$

Lombardy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Jul 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	25 min
Jul 26, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	62 min
Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		95 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	49 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain	24 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	67 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jul 26, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	41 min
Jul 26, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	67 min
Jul 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	51 min
Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca	85 min
Jul 26, 6:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	3 hr
Jul 26, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		96 min
Jul 26, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	95 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga	3 hr
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Seneca	76 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.