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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 2019Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 3:34 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: May 28, 2019, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 3:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Ravenna, OH	TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD.

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

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 28, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 498 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

856 
WUUS51 KCLE 281934
SVRCLE
OHC133-282000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.190528T1934Z-190528T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
334 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Portage County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 334 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ravenna,
  moving east at 35 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...
  Ravenna, Kent, Tallmadge, Streetsboro, Brimfield, Edinburg,
  Windham, Brady Lake, Sugar Bush Knolls and Wayland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4110 8139 4123 8139 4127 8100 4103 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 277DEG 31KT 4119 8130 

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

Saunders

1 follow-up statement

625 
WWUS51 KCLE 281945
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
345 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

OHC133-282000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190528T2000Z/
Portage OH-
345 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY...

At 345 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ravenna, moving
east at 35 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...
Ravenna, Edinburg, Windham and Wayland. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4108 8128 4122 8125 4126 8100 4103 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 277DEG 31KT 4118 8117 

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

Saunders

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	58 min
May 28, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	23 min
May 28, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit	40 min
May 28, 3:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	37 hr
May 28, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	49 min
May 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit	4 hr
May 28, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	41 min
May 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit	4 hr
May 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	38 min
May 28, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	57 min
May 28, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark	39 min
May 28, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	46 min
May 28, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
May 28, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	44 min
May 28, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	37 min
May 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	4 hr
May 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		58 min
May 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	34 min
May 28, 7:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	4 hr

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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.