Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2000, 3:58 AM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
- Oct 4, 2000, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2000, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 4:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 67 M | Countywide, OH | A 77 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Fairport Harbor Light House. Dozens of trees were downed across the county by thunderstorm winds. Areas near Lake Erie were especially hard hit with considerable damage in Mentor and Madison. Several homes |
| Oct 4, 4:22 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 M | Chesterland, OH | A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Chesterland. |
| Oct 4, 4:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbury, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and several telephone poles just north of Newbury Center. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 040759 SVRCLE OHC055-085-040845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 358 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GEAUGA COUNTY IN OHIO... LAKE COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 445 AM EDT * AT 358 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTLAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOREC>AST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND. $$ LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 3:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| Oct 4, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 58 min |
| Oct 4, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 58 min |
| Oct 4, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 43 min |
| Oct 4, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Summit | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.