Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 2014Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 5:42 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: May 14, 2014, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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
May 14, 6:03 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Craig Beach, OH

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
May 14, 1:23 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

379 
WUUS51 KCLE 142142
SVRCLE
OHC099-133-155-142245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.140514T2142Z-140514T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
542 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARREN...
  LORDSTOWN...
  NEWTON FALLS...
  NILES...
  CORTLAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4096 8109 4099 8109 4099 8119 4127 8099
      4143 8071 4136 8056 4094 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 211DEG 29KT 4102 8103

$$

KING

2 follow-up statements

510 
WWUS51 KCLE 142210
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
610 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

OHC099-133-155-142245-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140514T2245Z/
MAHONING OH-PORTAGE OH-TRUMBULL OH-
610 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR TRUMBULL...SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND WESTERN MAHONING COUNTIES...

AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LORDSTOWN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARREN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE...NILES...BOLINDALE...CHAMPION HEIGHTS...HOWLAND
CENTER...VIENNA AND CORTLAND

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4096 8109 4099 8109 4127 8099 4143 8071
      4136 8056 4094 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 211DEG 29KT 4118 8090

$$

351 
WWUS51 KCLE 142246
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
646 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

OHC099-133-155-142256-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140514T2245Z/
MAHONING OH-PORTAGE OH-TRUMBULL OH-
646 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL...SOUTHEASTERN
PORTAGE AND WESTERN MAHONING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4096 8108 4099 8109 4127 8099 4143 8071
      4136 8056 4094 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 211DEG 29KT 4118 8090

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	52 min
May 14, 12:38 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Morrow	52 min
May 14, 12:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox, Richland	33 min
May 14, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	48 min
May 14, 11:49 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	28 hr
May 14, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 14, 1:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox	39 min
May 14, 2:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	10 hr
May 14, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	62 min
May 14, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	38 min
May 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	35 min
May 14, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	47 min
May 14, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 14, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Knox	10 hr
May 14, 2:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	28 min
May 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	54 min
May 14, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	38 min
May 14, 2:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes	33 min
May 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	35 min
May 14, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	44 min
May 14, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Medina, Summit and 1 more	10 hr
May 14, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	49 min
May 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	51 min
May 14, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	59 min
May 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 14, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	30 min
May 14, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Portage	10 hr
May 14, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage	57 min
May 14, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	10 hr
May 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake, Trumbull	67 min
May 14, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	54 min
May 14, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	10 hr
May 14, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	47 min
May 14, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	45 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes	47 min
May 14, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	10 hr
May 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	55 min
May 14, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.