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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 25, 2009Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2009, 8:14 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: Jun 25, 2009, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2009, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
Jun 25, 8:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beach City, OH	LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN

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 13 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
Jun 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 2793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 260014
SVRCLE
OHC151-260045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0072.090626T0014Z-090626T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
814 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM LOUISVILLE TO EAST SPARTA TO 4 MILES EAST OF BEACH CITY...AND
  WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST SPARTA...
  WAYNESBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4087 8107 4073 8108 4072 8110 4072 8122
      4066 8123 4064 8124 4065 8146 4063 8165
      4070 8165 4076 8143 4095 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 301DEG 20KT 4081 8123 4071 8132
          4065 8150

$$

LEINS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260045
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

OHC151-260056-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090626T0045Z/
STARK OH-
845 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STARK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM
EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4087 8107 4073 8108 4072 8110 4072 8122
      4066 8123 4064 8124 4065 8146 4063 8165
      4070 8165 4076 8143 4095 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 301DEG 20KT 4081 8122 4071 8131
          4065 8149

$$

FITZ

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 25, 7:18 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:18 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
718 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM MICHIGAN TO WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ON SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
CURRENTLY TAPPING THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AS CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO...ACROSS MICHIGAN AND OVER
THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ERIE MOVING INTO INTO NW PAWRN NY. EXPECT
TO SEE A CONTINUED DAMAGING WIND AND 1 INCH HAIL THREAT.

EXPECT THE SEVERE CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MID
EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERING INTO
THE REGION. IT WILL BE 6 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER FOR MOST LOCATIONS
ON FRIDAY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD ON SUNDAY AS
THE NEXT STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. NEXT ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. WILL THEN MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

ANOTHER WARM DAY IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY THEN BACK VERY CLOSE TO
SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. HOWEVER...ALL SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SETTING UP JUST NE
OF THE AREA. CYCLONIC FLOW AND UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE ON AND OFF INSTABILITY SHRA. THUNDER WILL
BE A CONCERN TOO...ESPECIALLY MONDAY. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP APPEAR
TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT PRECIP COULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AS
WELL. BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS NE OH AND NW PA BUT A SHRA
CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. THIS UPPER LOW
WILL BRING A DISTINCT AIRMASS CHANGE AND TEMPERATURES DURING MOST
OF THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /23Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
AT 00Z. EXPECT CLUSTER OF CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA BY 05Z OR SO WITH CLEARING SKIES BEHIND.
WILL CONTINUE WITH PREDOMINANT CONVECTION ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR AND SCATTERED IFR IN THUNDERSTORMS. VFR
BEGINNING AFTER 02Z FROM THE TOL AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST. COULD SEE
EARLY MORNING FOG/HAZE AND HAVE INCLUDED IN CAK AND YNG TERMINALS.
VFR EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK...GENERALLY VFR EXCEPT FOR SOME DAYBREAK MVFR FOG/HAZE
THROUGH SATURDAY. SUNDAY MORNING ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING
POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...
FRONT NORTH OF LAKE ERIE WILL PUSH ACROSS LAKE THIS EVENING.  SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT CHOPPY CONDITIONS TOMORROW...BUT SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE LAKE.  NEXT COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE LAKE LATE SUNDAY.  WEST WINDS WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...MULLEN
NEAR TERM...MULLEN
SHORT TERM...MULLEN
LONG TERM...KUBINA
AVIATION...TK
MARINE...DJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 12:06 PM EDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-261615-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
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-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-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-
1206 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS BUT HAIL
AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
INTO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
4 PM ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE EVENING AND COULD PRODUCE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE EAST END OF LAKE ERIE AND MAY BRING A DAMAGING WIND
THREAT TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
632 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0631 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLEVELAND               41.48N 81.68W
06/25/2009  M62.00 MPH       CUYAHOGA           OH   ASOS

&&

LEINS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
643 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0620 PM     HAIL             WESTLAKE                41.45N 81.93W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

&&

LEINS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
654 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CASTALIA                41.40N 82.81W
06/25/2009                   ERIE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
655 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0641 PM     HAIL             GARFIELD HEIGHTS        41.42N 81.60W
06/25/2009  E0.75 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
702 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0656 PM     HAIL             6 WSW HOLLAND           41.59N 83.82W
06/25/2009  E1.00 INCH       LUCAS              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ASTIFAN

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:24 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
724 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

0650 PM     HAIL             TOLEDO                  41.66N 83.58W
06/25/2009  E0.88 INCH       LUCAS              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ASTIFAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	55 min
Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Wyandot	67 min
Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	54 min
Jun 25, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	41 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.