Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2001, 7:14 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
- May 21, 2001, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Canton, OH | A tornado touched down briefly on the southwest side of Canton. The tornado first touched down near the intersection of 13th Street and Raff Road where a semi truck was thrown 50 to 100 feet. An occupant inside the truck sustained minor injuries. The torna |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 212314 SVRCLE OHC151-220015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 714 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STARK COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAVARRE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NORTH CANTON NAVARRE MASSILLON LOUISVILLE CANTON 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. $$ ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 39 min |
| May 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 32 min |
| May 21, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 28 min |
| May 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 114 min |
| May 21, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 119 min |
| May 21, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 51 min |
| May 21, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 46 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.