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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 5, 2018Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2018, 5:38 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 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: Sep 5, 2018, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2018, 5:55 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

144 
WUUS51 KCLE 052138
SVRCLE
OHC093-052230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0065.180905T2138Z-180905T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
538 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wellington,
  or 11 miles south of Elyria, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Elyria, North Ridgeville, Grafton, Wellington, Eaton, Oberlin,
  Lagrange, Penfield, Pittsfield and Eaton Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4127 8188 4127 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8216
      4121 8228 4141 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 218DEG 11KT 4122 8213 

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

King

1 follow-up statement

898 
WWUS51 KCLE 052155
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
555 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2018

OHC093-052205-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-180905T2230Z/
Lorain OH-
555 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY 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 gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4135 8197 4135 8188 4127 8188 4127 8197
      4120 8197 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8216
      4121 8228 4141 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 218DEG 11KT 4126 8209 

$$

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	15 min
Sep 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	10 min
Sep 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		76 min
Sep 5, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	26 min
Sep 5, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 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.