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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2014Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 6:01 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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: Jun 18, 2014, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 18, 6:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Conneaut Lake, PA
Jun 18, 6:41 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Meadville, PA
Jun 18, 7:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	2 N Cochranton, PA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

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
Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 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.

109 
WUUS51 KCLE 182201
SVRCLE
OHC007-PAC039-182300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0072.140618T2201Z-140618T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
601 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 559 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 8 MILES
  NORTH OF MEADVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER ASHTABULA COUNTY MAY QUICKLY BECOME
  SEVERE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...
  SPARTANSBURG...
  TITUSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7983 4159 7985 4149 8001
      4148 8016 4151 8079 4170 8083 4179 8052
      4185 8051 4185 7962 4183 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 269DEG 23KT 4175 8018

$$

MULLEN

1 follow-up statement

910 
WWUS51 KCLE 182224
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
624 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

OHC007-PAC039-182300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140618T2300Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ASHTABULA OH-
624 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...AND CRAWFORD
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 621 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 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDOVER...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF 
JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINESVILLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TITUSVILLE...SPARTANSBURG...MEADVILLE...LINESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE
SPRINGS AND ANDOVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED IN ORWELL WITH THIS 
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7983 4159 7985 4149 8001
      4148 8016 4151 8079 4170 8083 4179 8052
      4185 8051 4185 7962 4183 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 266DEG 24KT 4154 8073

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jun 17, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	39 min
Jun 17, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	60 min
Jun 17, 9:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	6 hr
Jun 17, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		84 min
Jun 17, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	60 min
Jun 18, 2:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit	6 hr
Jun 18, 4:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	10 hr
Jun 18, 7:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	34 hr
Jun 18, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	43 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Wood	60 min
Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		118 min
Jun 18, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	61 min
Jun 18, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	52 min
Jun 18, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	52 min
Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot	45 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Trumbull	59 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	42 min
Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	48 min
Jun 18, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	49 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	6 hr
Jun 18, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca	39 min
Jun 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	46 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	39 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	6 hr
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	65 min
Jun 18, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	61 min
Jun 18, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	43 min
Jun 18, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	62 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.