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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2000Portage County, Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2000, 1:38 PM EDT for Portage County, Stark 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
Jul 14, 2000, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2000, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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
Jul 14, 1:55 PM EDTHail 1Hartville, OHQuarter size hail was reported two miles east of Hartville.
Jul 14, 2:00 PM EDTHail 0.88Randolph, OH
Jul 14, 2:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Massillion, OH

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 141738
TORCLE

OHC133-151-141830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
138 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
   SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN OHIO...
   NORTHERN STARK COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 138 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HARTVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STREETSBORO
  RAVENNA
  MANTUA
  KENT
  HARTVILLE
  GARRETTSVILLE
  ALLIANCE

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake40 min
Jul 14, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula55 min
Jul 14, 11:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga47 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit50 min
Jul 14, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull66 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock49 min
Jul 14, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage66 min
Jul 14, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit37 min
Jul 14, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot63 min
Jul 14, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca40 min
Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit32 min
Jul 14, 2:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull42 min
Jul 14, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jul 14, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow64 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark54 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne67 min
Jul 14, 2:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMorrow64 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark46 min
Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox53 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Jul 14, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes64 min
Jul 14, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron61 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas63 min
Jul 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa63 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark3 hr
Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca59 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky56 min
Jul 14, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Lorain66 min
Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock53 min
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland60 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Jul 14, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina56 min
Jul 14, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit66 min
Jul 14, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion57 min
Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow66 min
Jul 14, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion41 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland60 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.