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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 8, 2021Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2021, 4:47 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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: Oct 8, 2021, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 8, 4:57 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Nne Lorain, OH	PICTURES OF HAIL AROUND AN INCH FROM TWITTER.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

550 
WUUS51 KCLE 082047
SVRCLE
OHC093-082115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0113.211008T2047Z-211008T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
447 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 447 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lorain,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lorain, Avon Lake, Sheffield Lake and Sheffield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4151 8204 4143 8215 4144 8223 4152 8217
      4154 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 211DEG 15KT 4144 8218 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

433 
WWUS51 KCLE 082107
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
507 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

OHC093-082117-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-211008T2115Z/
Lorain OH-
507 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4151 8204 4143 8215 4144 8223 4152 8217
      4154 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 211DEG 15KT 4151 8212 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	26 min
Oct 8, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	43 min
Oct 8, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	38 min
Oct 8, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		98 min
Oct 8, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	49 min
Oct 8, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	50 min
Oct 8, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		100 min
Oct 8, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	47 min
Oct 8, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		55 min
Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	46 min
Oct 8, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	39 min
Oct 8, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock	52 min
Oct 8, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	26 min
Oct 8, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		41 min
Oct 8, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Oct 8, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.