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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2005Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 9:32 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 73 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2005, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2005, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 73 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 060132
SVRCLE
OHC103-060245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0065.050606T0132Z-050606T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
932 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
  MILES WEST OF LODI...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEDINA...
  WADSWORTH...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4120 8168 4099 8169 4099 8214 4100 8217
      4112 8217 4113 8216 4113 8207 4117 8206
      4118 8207

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060157 RRA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
958 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

OHC103-060245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050606T0245Z/
MEDINA OH-
958 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
MEDINA COUNTY...


AT 948 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SPENCER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LODI...
  WESTFIELD CENTER...
  BRIARWOOD BEACH...
  CHIPPEWA-ON-THE-LAKE...
  GLORIA GLENS PARK...
  SEVILLE...
  MEDINA...

LAT...LON 4120 8168 4099 8169 4099 8214 4100 8217
      4112 8217 4113 8216 4113 8207 4117 8206
      4118 8207

$$

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060232
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1032 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

OHC103-060245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-050606T0245Z/
MEDINA OH-
1032 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
MEDINA COUNTY...


AT 1029 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDINA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LODI...
  WESTFIELD CENTER...
  BRIARWOOD BEACH...
  CHIPPEWA-ON-THE-LAKE...
  GLORIA GLENS PARK...
  SEVILLE...
  WADSWORTH...

LAT...LON 4120 8168 4099 8169 4099 8214 4100 8217
      4112 8217 4113 8216 4113 8207 4117 8206
      4118 8207

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 3:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
343 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)...
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY/NO CAP AND
APPROACHING STRONG SHORTWAVE ACROSS MI/IN/IL.  CLE CWA JUST AS
RIPE...BUT LACKING FORCING FEATURE FOR THE TIME BEING.  EXPECT
SHOWERS/TS TO MOST LIKELY CLIP WESTERN COUNTIES WITH SOME REACHING
STRONG/SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY IN MODERATE RISK AREA.  COLD FRONT
AND MAIN UPPER TROUGH STILL WAY OFF TO THE WEST BUT WILL MOVE
THROUGH OVERNIGHT/CLOSER TO MORNING.  THATS WHERE MORE OF THE
CHALLENGE COMES IN.  HOW MANY SHRA/TS WILL BE SPARKED/CONTINUE
BY/WITH THESE FEATURES ACROSS THE CWA.  GUID POPS VARY FROM NO RAIN
TO MID CHC POPS.  HAVE BEST POPS THIS EVENING WEST...LOWERING THEM
AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AND WITH EASTWARD PROPAGATION.  IF SOLID LINE
FORMS FROM CONVECTION TO OUR WEST...WE HAVE BETTER CHCS OF PRECIP
MAKING IT FURTHER EAST. WENT WITH GENERIC PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR
TONIGHT...BUT THAT MAY NEED TWEAKING...AT LEAST IN THE
GRIDS...DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DEBRIS CLOUDINESS LINE OF STORMS
PRODUCE.  WARM NIGHT TONIGHT.

TOMORROW MAIN TROUGH WILL STILL NEED TO EXIT THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL
SCT SHRA/TS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COUNTIES TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.  TEMPS NOT TO COME DOWN TOO MUCH AFTER THIS SYSTEM PASSES
TOMORROW...STILL MID/UPPER 80S WITH NO HUMIDITY RELIEF.

THEN WE SHOULD REMAIN DRY FROM TUE-THU AS A FLAT RIDGE
DEVELOPS...KEEPING US ON THE WARM SIDE.

&&

.LONG TERM (THU-SUN)...
BY FRI A FRONT WILL BE IN THE VICINITY JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST WITH
MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND SUBTROPICAL HIGH.  HAVE INCREASED/TWEAKED
TIMING OF GOING POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD TO REFLECT INCREASED CHC
THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THEN BRINGING CHC PRECIP THROUGH
WITH THE FRONT.  THIS FRONT LOOKS TO STALL SOMEWHERE IN THE
REGION...HERE OR NORTH...KEEPING CHC INTO SAT...DEPENDING ON HOW
WELL RIDGE ESTABLISHES ITSELF.  SUN MOST UNCERTAIN WITH WESTERN
TROUGH POSSIBLY LIFTING OUT.

&&

.AVIATION (18-18)...
WL CONT PREV TAF TREND OF BRINGING THREAT FOR SCT TSRA ACRS TAFS
SITES FM W TO E THIS AFTN AND EVE AS WEAKENING CDFNT MOVS E INTO ERN
OH BY 18Z MON.  AMS VERY UNSTBL THIS AFTN AND EVE FOR STG TO PSBLY
SVR TSRA BUT LACKING GUD FOCUS MECHANISM. WL USE CURRENT CONDS AT
17Z TO TRY AND BEST TIME ANY TEMPO GPS FOR TSRA...OTRW WL JUST USE
VCTS TO INDICATE TIME PD WHEN FELL BEST THREAT FOR SCATTERED TSRA
MAY EXIST.  TOL WL BE MOST LIKELY TAF SITE FOR PSBL SVR TSRA WITH
WND GUSTS OF 50 KT OR MORE. SLY WND FLOW SHIFTING TO SW SHUD KP FOG
THREAT AWAY TNGT.  THREAT FOR PRECIP SHUD BE OVR FM CLE TO MFD AND
POINTS W BY 12Z MON MORN.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.OH...NONE.
.PA...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...OUDEMAN
LONG TERM...OUDEMAN
AVIATION...ADAMS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:01 AM EDT, 16 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-060900-
ASHLAND OH-ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA-
CRAWFORD OH-CUYAHOGA OH-ERIE OH-GEAUGA OH-HANCOCK OH-HOLMES OH-
HURON OH-KNOX OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-LUCAS OH-MAHONING OH-MARION OH-
MEDINA OH-MORROW OH-NORTHERN ERIE PA-OTTAWA OH-PORTAGE OH-
RICHLAND OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-STARK OH-
SUMMIT OH-TRUMBULL OH-WAYNE OH-WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA...
BOWLING GREEN...BUCYRUS...CANTON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA...
ERIE...FINDLAY...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...JEFFERSON...LORAIN...
MANSFIELD...MARION...MEADVILLE...MEDINA...MILLERSBURG...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON...NORWALK...PAINESVILLE...PORT CLINTON...
RAVENNA...SANDUSKY...TIFFIN...TOLEDO...UPPER SANDUSKY...WARREN...
WOOSTER AND YOUNGSTOWN
501 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
THERE IS A CHANCE (SLIGHT RISK) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHERN OHIO...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 71...BY LATE AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS FORECAST A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO.

A COLD FRONT WAS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STORMS WILL DEVELOP
WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT OVER LOWER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA ALONG
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN AN AREA OF MAXIMUM DESTABILIZATION TODAY.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY LATE AFTERNOON OR
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL THEN WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS THEY MOVE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
STORMS WILL REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT ON MONDAY.
THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 71 AND THERE
IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA MONDAY MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST
INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY EVENING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON OR
EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTHWEST OHIO.

KOSARIK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
0827 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME(EDT)  ...EVENT...       ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...    ....MAG....       ...COUNTY LOCATION...ST.....SOURCE...
             ..REMARKS..

0824 PM                          LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005                       OTTAWA             OH   STORM SPOTTER

             STATE RT 163 AND RT 51. WIRES DOWN AND GRASS FIRE

0812 PM      WIND                LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005   0.00 MPH            LUCAS              OH   STORM SPOTTER

             8 INCH LIVE TREE DOWN. WATERVILLE, OH

0803 PM      WIND                LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005   0.00 MPH            OTTAWA             OH   STORM SPOTTER

             OTTAWA COUNTY. ROUTE 2 EAST OF DAVIS BESSIE. LINES DOWN.
             POLE ON FIRE.

0745 PM      WIND                LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005   45.00 MPH           LUCAS              OH   STORM SPOTTER

             GUSTING 55-60. WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY NEAR FULTON COUNTY

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
0920 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME(EDT)  ...EVENT...       ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...    ....MAG....       ...COUNTY LOCATION...ST.....SOURCE...
             ..REMARKS..

0901 PM                          LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005                       SANDUSKY           OH   STORM SPOTTER

             1/2 MILE EAST OF 51. AT ROUTE 20. 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN
             ON HOUSE.

0833 PM                          LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005                       OTTAWA             OH   STORM SPOTTER

             WOODVILLE... 12-18 INCH LIMB DOWN X2, DIFFERENT THAN EARLIER
             REPORT. 1...WEST END TOWN. 1 CENTER TOWN. ROUTE 20.

0830 PM      WIND                LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005   0.00 MPH            WOOD               OH   STORM SPOTTER

             20 INCH TREE DOWN. BOWLING GREEN. POWER LINES DOWN

0830 PM                          LUCAS COUNTY 911 SK     0N     0W
06/05/2005                       OTTAWA             OH   STORM SPOTTER

             WOODVILLE...12INCH LIMB DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	70 min
Jun 5, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	61 min
Jun 5, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	55 min
Jun 5, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	53 min
Jun 5, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	66 min
Jun 5, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	46 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	43 min
Jun 5, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain	60 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	68 min
Jun 5, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	66 min
Jun 5, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jun 5, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	47 min
Jun 5, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	74 min
Jun 5, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	70 min
Jun 5, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Jun 6, 4:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	49 min
Jun 6, 6:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Wayne	45 min
Jun 6, 7:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.