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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 2021Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 3:55 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 29, 2021, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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
Jun 29, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Lagrange, OH	NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL FROM 410-417 PM.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

985 
WUUS51 KCLE 291955
SVRCLE
OHC093-103-292045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0025.210629T1955Z-210629T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
355 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
  Central Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 355 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wellington,
  or 14 miles south of Elyria, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Elyria, Strongsville, North Ridgeville, Grafton, Wellington, Avon,
  Eaton, Oberlin, Lagrange, Penfield, Pittsfield, Valley City and
  Eaton Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4144 8197 4135 8197 4135 8189 4128 8188
      4128 8183 4126 8185 4112 8221 4121 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 236DEG 15KT 4118 8218 

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

Kahn

2 follow-up statements

899 
WWUS51 KCLE 292020
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
420 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

OHC093-103-292045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210629T2045Z/
Medina OH-Lorain OH-
420 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA AND CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES...

At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grafton, or 9
miles south of Elyria, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Elyria, Strongsville, North Ridgeville, Grafton, Avon, Eaton,
Oberlin, Lagrange, Valley City and Eaton Estates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4144 8197 4135 8197 4135 8189 4128 8188
      4128 8183 4126 8185 4123 8193 4122 8194
      4119 8204 4117 8214 4128 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 236DEG 15KT 4124 8206 

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

Kahn

786 
WWUS51 KCLE 292035
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
435 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

OHC093-103-292045-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210629T2045Z/
Medina OH-Lorain OH-
435 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEDINA AND
CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4144 8197 4135 8197 4135 8189 4128 8188
      4128 8183 4126 8185 4123 8193 4122 8194
      4119 8204 4117 8214 4128 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 236DEG 15KT 4127 8200 

$$

Kahn

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lake	44 min
Jun 29, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lake	41 min
Jun 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	44 min
Jun 29, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	47 min
Jun 29, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	29 min
Jun 29, 2:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion	27 min
Jun 29, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lake	45 min
Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	43 min
Jun 29, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	24 min
Jun 29, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	52 min
Jun 29, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	53 min
Jun 29, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	48 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 29, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot	46 min
Jun 29, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	47 min
Jun 29, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 29, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	3 hr
Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	46 min
Jun 29, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Morrow	3 hr
Jun 29, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	45 min
Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	41 min
Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	41 min
Jun 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	39 min
Jun 29, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Knox	51 min
Jun 29, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne	51 min
Jun 29, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Jun 29, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wyandot	40 min
Jun 29, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	33 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	50 min
Jun 29, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		71 min
Jun 29, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	54 min
Jun 29, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	39 min
Jun 29, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	63 min
Jun 29, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	3 hr
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	3 hr
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot	27 min
Jun 29, 7:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	3 hr
Jun 29, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		94 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.