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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 4, 2018Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT for Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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: May 4, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

537 
WUUS51 KCLE 041921
SVRCLE
OHC033-139-041945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0007.180504T1921Z-180504T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
321 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 Crawford County in north central Ohio...

* Until 345 PM EDT

* At 320 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crestline, or
  10 miles west of Mansfield, moving east at 65 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mansfield, Galion, Shelby, Ontario, Crestline, Shenandoah and
  Olivesburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4086 8285 4095 8241 4083 8241 4082 8242
      4081 8239 4078 8238 4074 8238 4071 8265
      4071 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 258DEG 55KT 4080 8272 

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

King

1 follow-up statement

252 
WWUS51 KCLE 041934
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-041943-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180504T1945Z/
Crawford OH-
334 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
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
north central Ohio.

LAT...LON 4071 8268 4077 8272 4091 8241 4083 8241
      4082 8242 4081 8239 4078 8238 4074 8238
      4071 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 245DEG 56KT 4075 8254 

$$

OHC139-041945-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180504T1945Z/
Richland OH-
334 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY...

At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mansfield,
moving northeast at 65 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Mansfield, Ontario and Olivesburg. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4071 8268 4077 8272 4091 8241 4083 8241
      4082 8242 4081 8239 4078 8238 4074 8238
      4071 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 245DEG 56KT 4075 8254 

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

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, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Richland, Summit, Wayne	45 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, 3:23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.