Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 2002Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 4:59 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
May 31, 2002, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
61 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 21:01 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
May 31, 5:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 56 MWaco, OHA 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured.
May 31, 5:18 PM EDTHail 1Canton, OHQuarter size hail was observed three miles south of Canton.
May 31, 5:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWaynesburg, OHThunderstorm winds downed several trees.

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
May 31, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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 2002-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

205 
WUUS51 KCLE 312059
SVRCLE
OHC151-312200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
459 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MASSILLON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF
  CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CANTON
  EAST SPARTA
  LOUISVILLE
  MASSILLON
  MINERVA
  NAVARRE
  WAYNESBURG

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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.

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 31, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 31, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit59 min
May 31, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning57 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit63 min
May 31, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland58 min
May 31, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark47 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox58 min
May 31, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland38 min
May 31, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes56 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox20 min
May 31, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.