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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 2014Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2014, 4:41 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2014, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ashtabula County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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.

372 
WUUS51 KCLE 232041
SVRCLE
OHC007-232145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0084.140623T2041Z-140623T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
441 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANDOVER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8052 4150 8052 4150 8054 4158 8090
      4175 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 287DEG 17KT 4164 8075

$$

LOMBARDY

2 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS51 KCLE 232119
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
519 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OHC007-232145-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-140623T2145Z/
ASHTABULA OH-
519 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY...

AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDOVER...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDOVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4167 8052 4150 8052 4150 8054 4156 8075
      4169 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 304DEG 14KT 4158 8062

$$

LOMBARDY

265 
WWUS51 KCLE 232146
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
546 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OHC007-232154-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-140623T2145Z/
ASHTABULA OH-
546 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND 
WEAKENED. 

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY MAY PRODUCE SMALL 
HAIL...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN... AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 4167 8052 4150 8052 4150 8054 4156 8075
      4169 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 304DEG 14KT 4153 8051

$$

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 23, 3:43 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT ACROSS LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE
AREA TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKES
BY TUESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST
ACROSS THE REGION. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST
INTO THE AREA THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA ACROSS LAKE ERIE. THIS
ALLOWED DEW POINTS TO INCREASE WELL INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA AND NEAR 70 IN THE EXTREME WEST. THE ATMOSPHERE GRADUALLY
DESTABILIZED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONVECTION BEGAN TO DEVELOP.
LATEST SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO BETWEEN
2000 AND 3000 IN THE WARM SECTOR. HENCE...SUPPORTING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF THE REGION.

EXPECTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION
MAINLY THIS EVENING AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUMS
MOVE EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA. WILL UP POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 70S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. I HAVE A
SNEAKING HUNCH THAT SOME PLACES MAY NOT DROP OUT OF THE MIDDLE
70S...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TYPICAL HEAT ISLANDS. WILL UP MIN
TEMPERATURES A TAD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND DRAG
A TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED THREATS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.

MORE LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD EAST WEDNESDAY FORCING THE COLD FRONT
TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER
OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY.  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD SOUTH INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

DUE TO THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS...HAVE LOWERED MIN AND MAX
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AFTER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
ON WEDNESDAY...COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL TAKE PLACE SLIGHTLY AND CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO DIP FURTHER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOOKING
AT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S WEDNESDAY.  AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS
SOUTHEAST...SUBSIDENCE AND A RETURN TO SUNSHINE SHOULD ALLOW FOR A
REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE LOWER 80S FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM TODAY AS UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE.  BASED ON DIFFERING SOLUTIONS FROM THE NEW GUIDANCE IT'S
HARD NOT TO HAVE AT LEAST SMALL CHANCE POPS EVERY PERIOD DURING THE
LONG TERM.  IT APPEARS BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS COULD BE LATER ON
SATURDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.  AN UPPER
WAVE IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH MORE PRECIP CHANCES.  TEMPS WILL BE
JUST A TAD ABOVE NORMAL BUT HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL MAKE IT FEEL
EVEN WARMER.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ALLOWING A JUICY
AIRMASS TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION. CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS NW OH
SHOULD AFFECT KTOL AND KFDY IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. FURTHER
EAST...EXPECT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE COVERAGE SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN SCATTERED SO WILL GO
WITH A VICINITY MENTION FOR A FEW HOURS. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG IS
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MORE PRECIP ON TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT S TO
SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE MON NIGHT THRU FRI IN SCT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE MORNING FOG/MIST.

&&

.MARINE...
LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ON THE LAKE TILL LOW
PRESSURE PASSES TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY.  THE FLOW WILL
BECOME NW TO N ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE LOW.  DO NOT THINK SPEEDS
WILL GET STRONG ENOUGH FOR SMALL CRAFT HEADLINES.  HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY CAUSING THE FLOW
TO TAKE ON AN EASTERLY COMPONENT.  EASTERLY FLOW WILL THEN CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE LAKE LATE
IN THE DAY.  WINDS MOST IF NOT THE ENTIRE WEEK WILL BE UNDER 15
KNOTS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...LOMBARDY
NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY
SHORT TERM...LOMBARDY
LONG TERM...KUBINA
AVIATION...KUBINA
MARINE...KUBINA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 1:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ007>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-
PAZ001>003-241715-
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-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-
110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ003-006-241715-
LUCAS-WOOD-
110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LUCAS AND
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LOMBARDY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

OHZ003-006-231930-
LUCAS-WOOD-
228 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWANTON...OR 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CUSTAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHOUSE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WESTON BY 300 PM
  EDT.
  WATERVILLE BY 310 PM EDT.
  BOWLING GREEN BY 315 PM EDT.
  9 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYSBURG BY 320 PM EDT.

THE TOWNS OF GRAND RAPIDS...TONTOGANY...HASKINS...LUCKEY AND
PEMBERVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA.

LOMBARDY

Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
321 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

0312 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PAINESVILLE             41.73N 81.25W
06/23/2014                   LAKE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

SCHEPEL

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:05 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
405 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

0341 PM     TSTM WND GST     TOLEDO                  41.66N 83.58W
06/23/2014  E55 MPH          LUCAS              OH   PUBLIC

&&

SCHEPEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		116 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	49 min
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	47 min
Jun 23, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		118 min
Jun 23, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	55 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min
Jun 23, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	22 min
Jun 23, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Medina	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.