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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 2021Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 2:37 PM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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: Jul 7, 2021, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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
Jul 7, 2:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Hoytville, OH	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 5 WSW HOYTVILLE. TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 16.
Jul 7, 2:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Custar, OH	TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 7, 2:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Custar, OH	TREE DOWN ON WIRES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 7, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Hoytville, OH	TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 16.

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
Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

730 
WUUS51 KCLE 071837
SVRCLE
OHC063-173-071915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0038.210707T1837Z-210707T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
237 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Wood County in northwestern Ohio...
  Northern Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 236 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Leipsic, or
  10 miles northeast of Ottawa, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bowling Green, Fostoria, North Baltimore, McComb, Weston, Van
  Buren, Bloomdale, Cygnet, Portage, Jerry City, Hoytville, Custar,
  West Millgrove, Milton Center and Bairdstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4129 8388 4147 8359 4115 8342 4104 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 239DEG 23KT 4115 8392 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Campbell

2 follow-up statements

507 
WWUS51 KCLE 071854
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
254 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

OHC063-173-071915-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210707T1915Z/
Wood OH-Hancock OH-
254 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

At 254 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Deshler, or 13 
miles southwest of Bowling Green, moving northeast at 25 mph. 
Another storm is developing near Bloomdale, and poses a severe 
threat as well.

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...
Bowling Green, Fostoria, North Baltimore, McComb, Weston, Van Buren,
Bloomdale, Cygnet, Portage, Jerry City, Hoytville, Custar, West
Millgrove, Milton Center and Bairdstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4129 8388 4147 8359 4115 8342 4104 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 239DEG 23KT 4121 8379 

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

Campbell

478 
WWUS51 KCLE 071911
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
311 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

OHC063-173-071921-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210707T1915Z/
Wood OH-Hancock OH-
311 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN
HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 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 gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northwestern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4129 8388 4147 8359 4115 8342 4104 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 239DEG 23KT 4125 8371 

$$

Campbell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 12:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland	52 min
Jul 7, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	45 min
Jul 7, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	39 min
Jul 7, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	53 min
Jul 7, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland	48 min
Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne	41 min
Jul 7, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	44 min
Jul 7, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Wayne	54 min
Jul 7, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock, Wyandot	36 min
Jul 7, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	23 min
Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	26 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		71 min
Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	19 min
Jul 7, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	38 min
Jul 7, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	27 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	61 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland	44 min
Jul 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		116 min
Jul 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	41 min
Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		100 min
Jul 7, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	44 min
Jul 7, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	31 min
Jul 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Richland	56 min
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland	37 min
Jul 7, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Richland	46 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	48 min
Jul 7, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		100 min
Jul 7, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jul 7, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	47 min
Jul 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	31 min
Jul 7, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark, Wayne	47 min
Jul 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	45 min
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	48 min
Jul 7, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		71 min
Jul 7, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	52 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.