Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 9, 2001Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2001, 4:11 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
Aug 9, 2001, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMassillon, OHThunderstorm winds downed many large tree limbs.
Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDTHail 0.88Massillon, OHNickel to dime size hail was reported.

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, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2001-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1744 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 2001-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

042 
WUUS51 KCLE 092011
SVRCLE
OHC151-092115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
411 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREWSTER...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES NORTH OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH CANTON
  NAVARRE
  MASSILLON
  LOUISVILLE
  HARTVILLE
  CANTON
  BREWSTER

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain51 min
Aug 9, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Aug 9, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage58 min
Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark42 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes59 min
Aug 9, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark119 min
Aug 9, 7:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes2 hr

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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.