Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2014, 7:57 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 27, 2014, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 27, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakewood, OH | A LARGE TREE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD. |
| Jul 27, 8:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyndhurst, OH | A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN OVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023
WUUS51 KCLE 272357
SVRCLE
OHC035-085-093-280100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0101.140727T2357Z-140728T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
757 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF AVON LAKE TO
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON LAKE TO VERMILION...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORAIN...
ELYRIA...
CLEVELAND...
PAINESVILLE...
AMHERST...
AVON LAKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8130
4157 8130 4157 8139 4144 8137 4135 8140
4135 8235 4144 8237 4144 8227 4152 8203
4149 8188 4150 8175 4177 8129 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 273DEG 27KT 4183 8193 4161 8211
4146 8236
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
434
WWUS51 KCLE 280053
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
853 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
OHC035-085-093-280103-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140728T0100Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-LAKE OH-
853 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAKE...NORTHERN LORAIN AND
CUYAHOGA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8130
4157 8130 4157 8139 4144 8137 4135 8140
4135 8235 4144 8237 4144 8227 4152 8203
4149 8188 4150 8175 4177 8129 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 273DEG 27KT 4181 8137 4159 8155
4144 8180
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull | 17 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 77 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.