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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2022Morrow County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2022, 4:18 PM EDT for Morrow County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2022, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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.

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 21, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

333 
WUUS51 KCLE 212018 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC117-139-212100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.220521T2018Z-220521T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
418 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Richland County in north central Ohio...
  Southeastern Morrow County in north central Ohio...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 418 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Gilead,
  moving northeast 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...
  Mansfield, Mount Gilead, Shelby, Ontario, Lexington, Crestline,
  Cardington, Bellville, Chesterville, Lucas, Edison, Marengo, Fulton
  and Shauck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 8294 4071 8277 4071 8273 4079 8273
      4091 8265 4071 8234 4067 8234 4055 8253
      4055 8264 4048 8263 4039 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 218DEG 26KT 4051 8281 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Garuckas

2 follow-up statements

070 
WWUS51 KCLE 212032
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
432 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

OHC117-139-212100-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220521T2100Z/
Richland OH-Morrow OH-
432 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND EASTERN MORROW COUNTIES...

At 432 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesterville,
or near Mount Gilead, moving northeast 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...
Mansfield, Mount Gilead, Shelby, Ontario, Lexington, Crestline,
Bellville, Chesterville, Lucas, Edison and Shauck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4041 8274 4053 8289 4071 8277 4071 8273
      4079 8273 4091 8265 4079 8247 4071 8234
      4067 8234 4055 8253 4055 8264 4048 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 224DEG 21KT 4052 8274 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Garuckas

256 
WWUS51 KCLE 212052
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
452 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

OHC117-139-212101-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220521T2100Z/
Richland OH-Morrow OH-
452 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND
EASTERN MORROW COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central Ohio.

LAT...LON 4041 8274 4053 8289 4071 8277 4071 8273
      4079 8273 4091 8265 4079 8247 4071 8234
      4067 8234 4055 8253 4055 8264 4048 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 218DEG 26KT 4060 8265 

$$

Garuckas

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas, Wood	48 min
May 21, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		62 min
May 21, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow, Richland	49 min
May 21, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Knox, Morrow, Richland	42 min
May 21, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Richland, Wayne	66 min
May 21, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	43 min
May 21, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	42 min
May 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock	41 min
May 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	40 min
May 21, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	46 min
May 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	57 min
May 21, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Huron	56 min
May 21, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	39 min
May 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot	63 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	47 min
May 21, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	3 hr
May 21, 5:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
May 21, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	47 min
May 21, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	3 hr
May 21, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more	47 min
May 21, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	29 min
May 21, 5:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Seneca	3 hr
May 21, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
May 21, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	44 min
May 21, 6:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	100 min
May 21, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	3 hr
May 21, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	53 min
May 21, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	48 min
May 21, 6:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	3 hr
May 21, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	39 min
May 21, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	46 min
May 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	50 min
May 21, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	50 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.