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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 12:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$2 follow-up statements
586
WWUS51 KCLE 171859
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
259 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024
OHC063-095-173-171930-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240417T1930Z/
Wood OH-Hancock OH-Lucas OH-
259 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WOOD...HANCOCK AND WEST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...
At 259 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Perrysburg to near North Baltimore to near
Arlington, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Findlay, Bowling Green, Fostoria, Perrysburg, Rossford,
Waterville, Northwood, North Baltimore, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson,
Vanlue, Van Buren, Maumee, Walbridge, Pemberville, Millbury, Haskins,
and Luckey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for northwestern
Ohio.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 8381 4121 8375 4161 8370 4162 8342
4100 8342 4099 8346 4091 8348 4090 8351
4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 244DEG 38KT 4154 8358 4119 8363 4085 8373
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Jaszka986
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
$$
JaszkaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 16 min | |
| Apr 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow and 1 more | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 55 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.