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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2006Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 9:59 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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: May 25, 2006, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2006, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

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
May 25, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 260201
SVRCLE
OHC151-260230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0101.060526T0159Z-060526T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1000 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE TO
  WAYNESBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MINERVA AND LOUISVILLE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT 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 4072 8123 4071 8124 4065 8124 4065 8131
      4069 8129 4073 8129 4078 8127 4098 8122
      4098 8109 4073 8109

$$

MRD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260216
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1016 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC151-260230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060526T0230Z/
STARK OH-
1016 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
STARK COUNTY...


AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE TO 9 MILES EAST OF MAGNOLIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLIANCE

LAT...LON 4070 8127 4069 8128 4063 8128 4063 8135
      4067 8133 4071 8133 4076 8131 4096 8126
      4096 8113 4071 8113

$$

BM

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260238
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1038 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC151-260248-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060526T0230Z/
STARK OH-
1038 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STARK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1030 
PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4070 8127 4069 8128 4063 8128 4063 8135
      4067 8133 4071 8133 4076 8131 4096 8126
      4096 8113 4071 8113

$$

BM

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 May 25, 9:45 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:45 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
945 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...
UPDATE TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH 393 WHICH WAS DUE TO EXPIRE AT 10PM.

&&

.AVIATION(00Z-00Z)...
SVR TSTMS STILL MARCHING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.
THE TSTMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNITE AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS WE START TO GET INTO THE NEW
AIR MASS LOOK FOR THE LOWERING OF CEILINGS TO MVFR. LOOK
FOR WINDS TO EVENTUALLY GO AROUND TO 270 DEGREES BY LATE
MRNG.

&&

.PREVIOUS SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...
TORNADO WATCH BOX IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WRN PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA UNTIL 10 PM EDT.  CURRENTLY WARM FRONT NEAR A CLE-COL LINE WITH
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NW INDIANA TO SOUTHEAST OF ST LOUIS.
CAPES RANGE FROM 4500 J/KG SRN ILLINOIS TO AROUND 1500 J/KG NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO.  CAP HAS FINALLY ERODED AND TSRA DEVELOPING.  TWO
LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.  THE FIRST NR A FDY TO EVV LINE
IN AN AREA OF LL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...THE SECOND LINE FROM NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHICH IS RIGHT AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT.

VERY DRY AIR...WITH DELTA THEATA E OF GREATER THAN 30 KNOTS WILL
SUPPORT DOWNBURST WINDS.  BUT 25 KNOTS OF SHEAR BELOW 3KM WILL ALSO
SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOS.

EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH SHOWERS TOMORROW AS THE UPPER
LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TOMORROW.  RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD IN
SATURDAY PROVIDING SOME DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT-THU)...
GFSLR/DGEX STILL NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE LONG TERM SO AGAIN
WENT WITH THE ECMWF FOR THE LONG TERM FORECAST.  CURRENT UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN HAS SOMEWHAT OF A ZONAL FLOW ACROSS NRN HALF OF CONUS. THE
ECMWF HAS BEEN CONSISTENT BUILDING A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ERN
1/3 OF THE CONUS BY MONDAY.  LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS HUDSON BAY
WITH A WEAK SFC TROUGH ACROSS NRN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY SO I LEFT
CURRENT FORECAST OF CHC POPS GOING WEDNESDAY.  OTHER THAN THAT
PRETTY MUCH A DRY FORECAST. BY THURSDAY BROAD BUT FLATTENED UPPER
RIDGE ACROSS ENTIRE CONUS WITH THE JET RUNNING ALONG THE NRN TIER.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.OH...TOR WATCH ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT OH014..023..033..088
.PA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...DJB
LONG TERM...DJB
AVIATION...BC

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:47 AM EDT, 16 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
547 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261200-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
547 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY
LATE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH THE
PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IF
STORMS BECOME SEVERE.

LEZ142>149-162>169-261200-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON-
THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
547 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
LAKE ERIE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LEINS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 4:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
412 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0357 PM     HAIL             BOWLING GREEN           41.38N 83.65W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       WOOD               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, May 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
439 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0405 PM     HAIL             2 S RAWSON              40.93N 83.79W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       HANCOCK            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0422 PM     HAIL             1 W FOSTORIA            41.16N 83.43W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       HANCOCK            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY TO NICKEL HAIL.

0422 PM     TSTM WND GST     TIFFIN                  41.12N 83.18W
05/25/2006  E62.00 MPH       SENECA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0422 PM     HAIL             3 E WOODVILLE           41.45N 83.31W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       SANDUSKY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0430 PM     HAIL             OAK HARBOR              41.51N 83.15W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, May 25, 5:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
523 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAREY                   40.95N 83.38W
05/25/2006                   WYANDOT            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0445 PM     HAIL             9 N BUCYRUS             40.93N 82.97W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CRAWFORD           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CASTALIA                41.40N 82.81W
05/25/2006                   ERIE               OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME WIRES AND TREES DWON.

0505 PM     HAIL             PERRYSBURG              41.55N 83.62W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       WOOD               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0520 PM     HAIL             MOUNT CORY              40.93N 83.82W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       HANCOCK            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, May 25, 6:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
639 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E BELLEVUE            41.28N 82.82W
05/25/2006                   HURON              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLYDE                   41.31N 82.98W
05/25/2006                   SANDUSKY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF CAR WASH. TREES ON 3 HOMES.

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORWALK                 41.24N 82.61W
05/25/2006                   HURON              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0515 PM     HAIL             5 W TOLEDO              41.66N 83.68W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       LUCAS              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0546 PM     HAIL             5 NE SHELBY             40.93N 82.59W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY HAIL IN SHILOH.

0548 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 E FINDLAY             41.04N 83.51W
05/25/2006                   HANCOCK            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED OVER 55
            MPH.

0550 PM     HAIL             NEW WASHINGTON          40.96N 82.85W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       CRAWFORD           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0550 PM     HAIL             NE SHELBY               40.88N 82.66W
05/25/2006  E1.50 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 W TIFFIN              41.12N 83.27W
05/25/2006  M60.00 MPH       SENECA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0617 PM     HAIL             BOWLING GREEN           41.38N 83.65W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       WOOD               OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, May 25, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
958 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0345 PM     HAIL             BOWLING GREEN           41.38N 83.65W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       WOOD               OH   PUBLIC

            ALSO 50-60 MPH GUSTS

0545 PM     HAIL             TIRO                    40.91N 82.77W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       CRAWFORD           OH   PUBLIC

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARION                  40.58N 83.13W
05/25/2006                   MARION             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE

0710 PM     HAIL             BELLVILLE               40.62N 82.51W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEVUE                41.28N 82.84W
05/25/2006                   SANDUSKY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN

0738 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALION                  40.73N 82.79W
05/25/2006                   CRAWFORD           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            2 TO 4 INCHE TREE LIMBS DOWN CITY WIDE

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FINDLAY                 41.04N 83.64W
05/25/2006                   HANCOCK            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0805 PM     HAIL             SHREVE                  40.68N 82.02W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       WAYNE              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0905 PM     HAIL             SMITHVILLE              40.86N 81.86W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       WAYNE              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LEINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	68 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	61 min
May 25, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	58 min
May 25, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	56 min
May 25, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	63 min
May 25, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	46 min
May 25, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	67 min
May 25, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	72 min
May 25, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	53 min
May 25, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	39 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	42 min
May 25, 10:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning	41 min
May 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	14 hr

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.