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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 2, 2000Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 12:58 PM EDT for Ashland County, Wayne 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
Jun 2, 2000, 12:58 PM EDT (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2000, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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
Jun 2, 1:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindOrrville, OHThunderstorm winds downed up to two dozen trees and snapped six power poles two miles south of Dalton. One of the fallen trees destroyed a garage and a second damaged a house.
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTHail 1Loudonville, OHHail the size of quarters fell at Mohican State Park just outside of Loudonville.
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLoudonville, OHThunderstorm downburst winds estimated at 65 to 75 mph knocked down around two dozen trees in Mohican State Park. A distinct damage path approximately one quarter mile in length and 50 to 100 feet wide was observed. Most of the downed trees were 12 to 18 inc

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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 021659
SVRCLE
OHC005-169-021745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1258 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN OHIO...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF WOOSTER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOOSTER
  RITTMAN
  ORRVILLE
  DOYLESTOWN
  DALTON

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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.

$$

REL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga38 min
Jun 2, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula65 min
Jun 2, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit48 min
Jun 2, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow56 min
Jun 2, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes54 min
Jun 2, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark60 min
Jun 2, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning59 min
Jun 2, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage25 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.