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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 2020Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2020, 4:06 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2020, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

109 
WUUS51 KCLE 172006
SVRCLE
OHC103-172045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.200517T2006Z-200517T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
406 PM EDT Sun May 17 2020

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Medina County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 405 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lodi, or 8
  miles southwest of Medina, moving north at 25 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...
  Medina, Brunswick, North Royalton, Lodi, Creston, Chippewa Lake,
  Hinckley, Seville, Westfield Center, Gloria Glens Park, Burbank,
  Chippewa-On-The-Lake, Valley City and Briarwood Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4100 8206 4120 8202 4120 8197 4127 8197
      4128 8173 4127 8169 4119 8169 4099 8183
      4099 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 197DEG 24KT 4103 8197 

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

Saunders

2 follow-up statements

730 
WWUS51 KCLE 172025
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
425 PM EDT Sun May 17 2020

OHC103-172045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-200517T2045Z/
Medina OH-
425 PM EDT Sun May 17 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR MEDINA COUNTY...

At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Medina, moving
north at 30 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...
Medina, Brunswick, North Royalton, Lodi, Chippewa Lake, Hinckley,
Seville, Westfield Center, Gloria Glens Park, Valley City,
Chippewa-On-The-Lake and Briarwood Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4104 8204 4120 8202 4120 8197 4127 8197
      4128 8173 4127 8169 4119 8169 4103 8180
      4102 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 197DEG 24KT 4116 8192 

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

King

178 
WWUS51 KCLE 172045
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
445 PM EDT Sun May 17 2020

OHC103-172054-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-200517T2045Z/
Medina OH-
445 PM EDT Sun May 17 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEDINA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4104 8204 4120 8202 4120 8197 4127 8197
      4128 8173 4127 8169 4119 8169 4103 8180
      4102 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 197DEG 24KT 4128 8187 

$$

Saunders

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		66 hr
May 17, 2:38 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Huron and 13 more	45 hr
May 17, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	30 min
May 17, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	36 min
May 17, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland	3 hr
May 17, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	46 min
May 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	35 min
May 17, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	35 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.