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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2000Cuyahoga County, Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2000, 5:39 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2000, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 54 MBay Vlg, OHA 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Bay Village. A large tree was blown down.
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 59 MSandusky, OHA 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Sandusky. Many trees were downed and two homes were damaged by fallen trees. Two other trees were knocked down five miles south of Sandusky.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

537 
WUUS51 KCLE 142139
SVRCLE
OHC035-043-093-142245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
539 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  ERIE COUNTY IN OHIO...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
  EUCLID TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDUSKY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDUSKY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WESTLAKE
  VERMILION
  SOLON
  SANDUSKY
  PARMA
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE
  LORAIN
  LAKEWOOD
  EUCLID
  ELYRIA
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
  CLEVELAND
  AVON LAKE
  AMHERST

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake40 min
Jul 14, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula55 min
Jul 14, 11:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga47 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit50 min
Jul 14, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull66 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock49 min
Jul 14, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage66 min
Jul 14, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit37 min
Jul 14, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot63 min
Jul 14, 1:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Stark52 min
Jul 14, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca40 min
Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit32 min
Jul 14, 2:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull42 min
Jul 14, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jul 14, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow64 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark54 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne67 min
Jul 14, 2:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMorrow64 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark46 min
Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox53 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Jul 14, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes64 min
Jul 14, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron61 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas63 min
Jul 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa63 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark3 hr
Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca59 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky56 min
Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock53 min
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland60 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Jul 14, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina56 min
Jul 14, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit66 min
Jul 14, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion57 min
Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow66 min
Jul 14, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion41 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.