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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 31, 2024Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2024, 2:54 AM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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: Aug 31, 2024, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2024, 3:12 AM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.8

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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 Aug 31, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:13 AM EDT, 23 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
313 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-310715-
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-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-
Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-
Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-
313 AM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through tonight
with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 12:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1204 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024

OHZ010-011-019-020-029>031-310445-
Huron OH-Richland OH-Medina OH-Lorain OH-Cuyahoga OH-Wayne OH-
Ashland OH-
1204 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN HURON...NORTHEASTERN
RICHLAND...SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA...MEDINA...NORTHERN ASHLAND...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND LORAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...

At 1204 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wellington, or 17 miles north of Ashland, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Elyria, Medina, Ashland, Strongsville, Brunswick, North Ridgeville,
Shelby, Grafton, Wellington, Lodi, New London, Creston, West Salem,
Wakeman, Chippewa Lake, Savannah, Polk, North Olmsted, Brook Park,
and Berea.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Cleveland.

&&

LAT...LON 4087 8264 4116 8267 4143 8188 4086 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 255DEG 36KT 4112 8228

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Griffin

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 12:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 1:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 1:59 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:13 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron, Seneca	39 min
Aug 31, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron, Medina	41 min
Aug 31, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina	32 min
Aug 31, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock	40 min
Aug 31, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Seneca	33 min
Aug 31, 1:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	30 min
Aug 31, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Seneca	31 min
Aug 31, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	47 min
Aug 31, 2:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	45 min
Aug 31, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	29 min
Aug 31, 2:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		53 min
Aug 31, 3:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		95 min
Aug 31, 4:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		36 min
Aug 31, 5:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		66 min
Aug 31, 3:47 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		40 hr
Aug 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain	40 hr

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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.