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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2024, 6:21 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2024, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2024, 6:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 349 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024 OHZ006>014-017>023-027>031-089-PAZ001>003-102000- Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga- Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull- Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 349 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are possible ahead of an approaching cold front this evening. There is a Marginal Risk (risk level 1/5) for a few storms to become strong to severe between 5 PM and 10 PM with strong winds and hail the main threat if any storms turn severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Moderate to heavy rainfall is possible Wednesday night into Thursday night which could lead to rises on area rivers and flooding of low- lying or poor drainage areas. A few severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon evening bringing the risk of large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes, especially across central and eastern Ohio. Wind gusts of over 45 MPH are possible on Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ003-032-033-036>038-047-102000- Lucas-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- 349 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Moderate to heavy rainfall is possible Wednesday night into Thursday night which could lead to rises on area rivers and flooding of low- lying or poor drainage areas. A few severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon evening bringing the risk of large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes, especially across central and eastern Ohio. Wind gusts of over 45 MPH are possible on Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-102000- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH- Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH- Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH- Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 349 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Westerly gales are possible Friday into Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:34 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
534 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024
OHZ018-027-092215-
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-
534 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SENECA AND NORTHWESTERN WYANDOT
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
At 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Forest, or 9 miles west of Upper Sandusky, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Tiffin, Upper Sandusky, Forest, Bloomville, Sycamore, New Riegel,
Carey, Republic, Wharton, and Kirby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346
4097 8346 4126 8313 4106 8290 4099 8302
4099 8311 4094 8311 4071 8349 4081 8350
4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 228DEG 27KT 4088 8345
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Seneca, Wyandot | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 63 min | |
| Apr 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie, Seneca | 47 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.