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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 2000Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 8:20 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 9:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMedina, OHThunderstorm winds downed numerous 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2000-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

072 
WUUS51 KCLE 150020
SVRCLE
OHC035-103-150115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF LODI...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST
  OF MEDINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WADSWORTH
  STRONGSVILLE
  PARMA
  NORTH ROYALTON
  MEDINA
  LODI
  LAKEWOOD
  BRUNSWICK

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

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, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland46 min
Jun 14, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne67 min
Jun 14, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit56 min
Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull60 min
Jun 14, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake56 min

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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.