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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 17, 2024Hancock County, Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2024, 2:27 PM EDT for Hancock County, Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 17, 2024, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2024, 3:14 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 12:18 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2024-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2024-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

781 
WUUS51 KCLE 171827
SVRCLE
OHC063-095-173-171930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.240417T1827Z-240417T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
227 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Wood County in northwestern Ohio...
  Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...
  Southwestern Lucas County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 227 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Mcclure to near Elida, moving northeast at 25
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Toledo, Findlay, Bowling Green, Fostoria, Bluffton, Swanton,
  Perrysburg, Rossford, Waterville, Northwood, Whitehouse, North
  Baltimore, Holland, McComb, Weston, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson,
  Vanlue, and Van Buren.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for northwestern
Ohio.

&&

LAT...LON 4161 8388 4162 8342 4100 8342 4099 8346
      4091 8348 4090 8351 4082 8352 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 233DEG 23KT 4130 8396 4080 8413 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
586 
WWUS51 KCLE 171859
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
259 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

OHC063-095-173-171930-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240417T1930Z/
Wood OH-Hancock OH-Lucas OH-
259 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WOOD...HANCOCK AND WEST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...

At 259 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Perrysburg to near North Baltimore to near
Arlington, moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Findlay, Bowling Green, Fostoria, Perrysburg, Rossford,
Waterville, Northwood, North Baltimore, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson,
Vanlue, Van Buren, Maumee, Walbridge, Pemberville, Millbury, Haskins,
and Luckey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for northwestern
Ohio.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4082 8381 4121 8375 4161 8370 4162 8342
      4100 8342 4099 8346 4091 8348 4090 8351
      4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 244DEG 38KT 4154 8358 4119 8363 4085 8373 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Jaszka
986 
WWUS51 KCLE 171914
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
314 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

OHC063-095-173-171924-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240417T1930Z/
Wood OH-Hancock OH-Lucas OH-
314 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD...HANCOCK AND WEST
CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds are 
still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for northwestern
Ohio.

LAT...LON 4082 8381 4121 8375 4161 8370 4162 8342
      4100 8342 4099 8346 4091 8348 4090 8351
      4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 233DEG 23KT 4158 8350 4123 8355 4089 8365 

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Wood29 min
Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot52 min
Apr 17, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE16 min
Apr 17, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion47 min
Apr 17, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion, Morrow35 min
Apr 17, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne51 min
Apr 17, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland36 min
Apr 17, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow26 min
Apr 17, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow and 1 more58 min
Apr 17, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland39 min
Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne39 min
Apr 17, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox34 min
Apr 17, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga41 min
Apr 17, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne35 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne30 min
Apr 17, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit48 min
Apr 17, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit40 min
Apr 17, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull48 min
Apr 17, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Trumbull55 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.