Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2002, 4:20 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffield, OH | A thunderstorm downburst produced a six mile damage path in Portage County. A 67 mph wind gust was measured in Ravenna with gusts along the remainder of the damage path estimated to be in excess of 60 mph. The damage path was oriented from southwest to north |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WUUS51 KCLE 142020 SVRCLE OHC133-153-142100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 421 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PORTAGE COUNTY IN OHIO... SUMMIT COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF MOGADORE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GARRETTSVILLE KENT MANTUA MOGADORE RAVENNA STREETSBORO TALLMADGE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Aug 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 14, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 50 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.