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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 21, 2018Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2018, 4:24 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
Sep 21, 2018, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2018, 4:51 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 21, 4:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne Cleveland, OHTREE DOWN AT E98 AND PARKGATE
Sep 21, 4:24 PM EDTTORNADOWilloughby, OHSMALL TREE DOWN AT GLENWOOD AND LAKESHORE
Sep 21, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Cleveland, OHPINE TREE SNAPPED AT ABOUT THE MIDWAY POINT ON WYATT RD. NEAR FOREST HILL PARK.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2018-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 391 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 2018-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

357 
WUUS51 KCLE 212024
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-085-212115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0071.180921T2024Z-180921T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
424 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Geauga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Eastern Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Lake County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 424 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cleveland
  Heights, or near Cleveland, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cleveland, Painesville, Willowick, Chardon, Fairport Harbor, Parma,
  Euclid, Mentor, Cleveland Heights, Solon, Willoughby, Eastlake,
  Warrensville Heights, South Russell, Madison, Perry, Burton,
  Highland Hills, Timberlake and Lakeline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 8101 4133 8168 4153 8176 4153 8172
      4168 8148 4183 8109 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 250DEG 36KT 4151 8163 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LaPlante
2 follow-up statements
823 
WWUS51 KCLE 212033
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
433 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018

OHC035-055-085-212115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-180921T2115Z/
Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Lake OH-
433 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR GEAUGA...NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA AND LAKE COUNTIES...

At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cleveland
Heights, or near Willowick, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Painesville, Willowick, Chardon, Fairport Harbor, Euclid,
Mentor, Cleveland Heights, Solon, Willoughby, Eastlake, Warrensville
Heights, South Russell, Madison, Perry, Burton, Highland Hills,
Timberlake, Lakeline and Chesterland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 8101 4135 8163 4154 8155 4167 8147
      4183 8109 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 250DEG 36KT 4154 8152 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LaPlante
364 
WWUS51 KCLE 212051
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
451 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018

OHC035-055-085-212101-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-180921T2115Z/
Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Lake OH-
451 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GEAUGA...NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA
AND LAKE 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 1100 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4150 8101 4135 8163 4154 8155 4167 8147
      4183 8109 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 250DEG 36KT 4160 8129 

$$

LaPlante

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 4:02 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more35 hr
Sep 21, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE85 min
Sep 21, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Marion, Medina and 2 more37 min
Sep 21, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland47 min
Sep 21, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland39 min
Sep 21, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and 2 more60 min
Sep 21, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne42 min
Sep 21, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes41 min
Sep 21, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes47 min
Sep 21, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark30 min
Sep 21, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning17 min

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.