Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Countywide, OH | A 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 EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lordstown, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 18, 10:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Countywide, OH | Dime 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 31 min |
| May 18, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 39 min |
| May 18, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 29 min |
| May 18, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 27 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.