Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 18, 2000Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2000, 10:38 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
May 18, 2000, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 10:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 56 MCountywide, OHA 65 mph wind gust was measured in Poland. Many trees were downed in Youngstown, Austintown, Poland, Canfield and Milton Township.
May 18, 10:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLordstown, OHThunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 18, 10:55 PM EDTHail 0.88Countywide, OHDime to nickel size hail was reported in Canfield, Austintown and Boardman.

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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

487 
WUUS51 KCLE 190238
SVRCLE
OHC099-155-190330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1038 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN OHIO
  MAHONING COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON FALLS...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES EAST OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  YOUNGSTOWN
  NILES
  NEWTON FALLS
  LORDSTOWN
  WARREN
  CANFIELD
  CAMPBELL
  BOARDMAN

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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
May 18, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain31 min
May 18, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina39 min
May 18, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit29 min
May 18, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.