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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 14, 2002Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2002, 4:09 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 14, 2002, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 14, 4:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHThunderstorm downburst winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph caused considerable damage and widespread power outages in northern Stark County. Hardest hit were the Hartville, Uniontown and North Canton areas where hundreds of trees were downed. Over 50 trees were

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 2002-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 2002-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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.

580 
WUUS51 KCLE 142009
SVRCLE
OHC151-142100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
409 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF MASSILLON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  WEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH 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 14, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 14, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 14, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit40 min
Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula33 min
Aug 14, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga43 min
Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland50 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.