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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 2, 2006Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 9:10 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2006, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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
Jul 2, 9:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kent, OH	ONE LARGE LIMB DOWN.
Jul 2, 9:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 Se Ravenna, OH	ONE TREE DOWN DEERFIELD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 25 minutes after it went out.

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
Jul 2, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 030110
SVRCLE
OHC133-030200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0236.060703T0110Z-060703T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
910 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF KENT TO
  20 MILES SOUTH OF KENT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE RAVENNA AND KENT.

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 4123 8137 4123 8121 4122 8120 4122 8101
      4099 8101 4099 8137

$$

MRD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 030136
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
936 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

OHC133-030200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-060703T0200Z/
PORTAGE OH-
936 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
PORTAGE COUNTY...


AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RAVENNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAVENNA...

LAT...LON 4123 8137 4123 8121 4122 8120 4122 8101
      4099 8101 4099 8137

$$

BM

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 030203
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

OHC133-030213-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-060703T0200Z/
PORTAGE OH-
1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006


...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 
1000 PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT.

LAT...LON 4123 8137 4123 8121 4122 8120 4122 8101
      4099 8101 4099 8137

$$

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 Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
730 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2006

.AVIATION(00Z-24Z)...
LINE OF STORMS OVER NW OH WILL MOVE ESE ACROSS AREA NEXT FEW HOURS.
EXPECT STRONGEST STORMS TO HAVE A SLIGHT RIGHT MOVEMENT WHICH MEANS
KFDY AND KMFD WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS.  DO
EXPECT ACVITITY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO
MORE STABLE AIR OVER ERN OH.  DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANY PRECIP AFT
04Z OR SO WITH JUST SOME MVFR VSBYS LATE TONIGHT FROM HIGH
DEWPOINTS.  MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW WITH SCT TSRA LATE IN AFT
LIKELY.
&&

.SHORT TERM(TONITE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...
AS EXPECTED WITH CONVECTION...THE MODELS DIFFER IN PALCEMENT OF THE
SMALLER CONVECTIVELY DRIVEN FEATURES OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  WITH
AMS VERY MOIST WITH PWS 1.5 TO 2 IN AND INSTABILITY CONTG EVEN DURG
THE NITE SEE NO REASON WHY SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY SHUD NOT BE FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD SO WL TEND TO LEAN TO THE HIER POPS EACH DAY.  BEST PD
FOR VERY LTL ACTIVITY ACCORDING TO MODEL AVGS APPEARS TO BE LATE
TNGT INTO MON AFTN WITH SOME WK RDGG AND GNL NEG VVS. HVY RA LIKELY
THRU TUE WITH THE TSRA. HAD BEEN ON THE FENCE TWD WHETHER TO PUT UP
FLOOD WATCH BUT NOW THINKING THAT THE AREA SHUD BE OKAY THRU ANY
CONVECTION THIS EVE AND WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING LATER TNGT TIL MON
AFTN DONT CURRENTLY SEE THE NEED. THREAT FOR SVR TSRA DURG AFTN AND
EVE SHUD ALSO CONT THRU DAYTIME TUE TIL CDFNT FINALLY MOVS THRU AND
HELPS TO STABILIZE AMS BY TUE EVE.  VERY WRM AND MUGGY CONDS WL BE
THE RULE THRU TUE ALTHO TUE TEMPS NOT AS WRM AS MON DUE TO MORE CLDS
AND CDFNT MOVG SE ACRS AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM (WED THRU SUN)...
FOR ONCE THIS SUMMER THE EXTENDED PRO0GS FM THE GFS RMN FAIRLY
CONSISTENT SHOWING THE SFC RDGG BLDG IN WED MORN WITH HI MOVG OVHD
REST OF WK AND THRU THE WEEKEND. ONLY PROB CUD BE S/W TROFS DROPPING
INTO MAIN TROF TRYING TO CREATE ENUF FORCING FOR PSBL SHRA INTO THE
NERN PART OF AREA WHERE BETTER MSTR CAN BE POOLED FM THE LAKES AND
DYNAICS A LTL BETTER. FOR NOW MAY JUST PUT A SLGT CHC FOR SHRA IN
THE NE DEPENDING ON HOW THIS COORDS WITH ERN BORDERING OFFICES.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...ADAMS
LONG TERM...ADAMS
AVIATION...KUBINA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:37 AM EDT, 15 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
537 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-
PAZ001>003-031200-
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-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-
537 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF MICHIGAN AND STALL OVER NORTHERN
OHIO TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG
THIS FRONT...AND IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND
ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

LEINS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:59 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
859 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2006

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

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S PLYMOUTH            40.98N 82.67W
07/02/2006                   RICHLAND           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW SMALL TREES DOWN.

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S ASHLAND             40.82N 82.32W
07/02/2006                   ASHLAND            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON BACK ROADS.

0825 PM     HAIL             WOOSTER                 40.82N 81.93W
07/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0825 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WOOSTER                 40.82N 81.93W
07/02/2006                   WAYNE              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEVILLE                 41.02N 81.87W
07/02/2006                   MEDINA             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO TREES.

&&

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	60 min
Jul 2, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	53 min
Jul 2, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	57 min
Jul 2, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.