Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2007, 12:25 PM EDT for Summit 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
- Aug 9, 2007, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2007, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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 9, 12:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Barberton, OH | |
| Aug 9, 12:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Barberton, OH | LOCATED AT 31ST AND TUSK ROAD |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 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 nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCLE 091626
SVRCLE
OHC153-091715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0215.070809T1625Z-070809T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1225 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BARBERTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF AKRON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUYAHOGA FALLS...TALLMADGE AND MOGADORE.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4101 8167 4119 8167 4120 8146 4120 8146
4120 8138 4110 8138 4110 8139 4102 8140
4101 8141
$$
ASTIFAN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 091717
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
117 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
OHC153-091727-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-070809T1715Z/
SUMMIT OH-
117 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 115 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OUT OF SUMMIT COUNTY... AND
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4101 8167 4119 8167 4120 8146 4120 8146
4120 8138 4110 8138 4110 8139 4102 8140
4101 8141
$$
ASTIFANWhat 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 Aug 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1048 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS OVER NORTHERN OHIO....ALLOWING FOR WARM
HUMID AIR ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND SPARK OFF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...COOLER DRIER AIR
WILL WORK IN FROM THE NORTH BY THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
FORECAST...UPDATE FOR JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE HIGHS OVER THE
WESTERN AREAS WITH NEAR 90 WORDING...OTHERWISE MID 80S TO NEAR 90
WILL BE THE RANGE FOR ENTIRE AREA. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWED CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CLEVELAND ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND WAS MOVING
EAST. A LARGER AREA OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE AND NORTHWEST OHIO ALSO
MOVING TO THE EAST. ADDTIONAL BOUNDARYS WILL MOVING THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA. A DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA THIS EVENING...STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING THIS EVENING
AND WILL LEAVE LIKELY POPS IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN
TAPER BACK TO CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE LOW MOVES INTO
PENNSYLVANIA. SHOULD SEE A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT AIRMASS BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WITH DEWPOINTS ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW CURRENT READINGS.
OUTSIDE OF SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EAST FRIDAY
MORNING...SHOULD BE A DRY DAY. HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP TO THE
NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING.
AS FOR TEMPS...COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO
MID 80S. MAV TRIED TO BRING IN 90S AGAIN BY SATURDAY BUT THIS WAS
DISCOUNTED GIVEN NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA SHOULD LEAD TO A DRY WEEKEND. MODELS
SHOW A COLD FRONT SAGGING THROUGH NORTHERN OHIO SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MOVING SOUTH OF THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY WITH MORE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING BACK OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND HANGING
AROUND THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAVE DECIDED TO CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...OTHERWISE PLAN IS TO KEEP POPS JUST UNDER
THE CRITICAL 15% LEVEL FOR MENTIONING ANY WEATHER.
STILL THINK MEX GUIDANCE IS TOO HIGH ON SAT WITH AN EXPECTED MAINLY
NORTH WIND WITH ADDED LAKE BREEZE SO WILL TRIM BACK A FEW DEGREES.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
IT LOOKS LIKE THE MCS OVER INDIANA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. COULD GET JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR THE STORMS TO
BECOME STRONG AS THEY MOVE EAST. LOOKS LIKE TOL...CLE AND ERI WL
HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS THIS MORNING...BUT ANY SITE COULD
SEE STORMS THIS MORNING SINCE THE STORMS MAY BUILD SOUTH THIS
MORNING. ANY SITE COULD SEE IFR CONDITIONS WITH ANY STORM THIS
MORNING.
THE FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE FRONT.
MAY HAVE SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH
THE STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT...THEN NAM SUGGEST MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING INTO THE AREA.
&&
.MARINE...
E-NE FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE N-NW TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH OF
THE AREA. BIG CONCERN FOR MARINE INTERESTS WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FIRST THIS MORNING THEN AGAIN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE SYSTEM...HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA WHICH MAY INITIALLY BRING SOME
HIGHER WIND/WAVES ON FRIDAY.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR OHZ003-006>014-
018>023-033.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...THOMPSON
NEAR TERM...THOMPSON
SHORT TERM...LEINS
LONG TERM...ADAMS
AVIATION...MRD
MARINE...MRDHazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 12:21 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-101630- 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- 1221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LEZ142>149-162>169-101630- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OHIO-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OHIO- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OHIO-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OHIO- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OHIO-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OHIO- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OHIO-CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NY- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- VERMILION TO AVON POINT OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON- THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- 1221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ089-PAZ001>003-101630- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 1221 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KUBINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | CLE | 119 min | |
| Aug 9, 5:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Aug 9, 5:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Summit | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 9 min |
| Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Richland | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 71 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.