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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 2000Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 2:07 PM EDT for Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 14, 2000, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 14, 2:35 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRising Sun, OHThunderstorm winds downed several trees.

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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

169 
WUUS51 KCLE 141807
SVRCLE
OHC147-173-141845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
207 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SENECA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  WOOD COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOSTORIA...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FOSTORIA

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

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS WHICH MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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
Jun 14, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock57 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca55 min
Jun 14, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina39 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood44 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake48 min
Jun 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa35 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox35 min
Jun 14, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes49 min
Jun 14, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow48 min
Jun 14, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland46 min
Jun 14, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland42 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.