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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2017Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2017, 6:33 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 18, 2017, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 7:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Niles, OH	A LARGE BRANCH WAS BROKEN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND WAS HANGING ONTO A ROAD.
Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brookfield Center, OH	ONE TREE DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

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, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WUUS51 KCLE 182233
SVRCLE
OHC099-133-155-182330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0069.170618T2233Z-170618T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
633 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Portage County in northeastern Ohio...
  Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio...
  Southern Trumbull County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 730 PM EDT

* At 633 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Warren to 8 miles southwest of Newton Falls to near
  Hartville, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
           trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Youngstown, Warren, Salem, Columbiana, Boardman, Alliance, Niles,
  Campbell, Hubbard, Canfield, Newton Falls, Sebring, Lordstown,
  Vienna Center, Hilltop, Maplewood Park, Leavittsburg, Austintown,
  Struthers and Girard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8109 4099 8109 4099 8117 4100 8118
      4125 8100 4129 8052 4090 8052 4090 8082
      4093 8083 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 258DEG 26KT 4125 8082 4107 8104 4096 8122 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mullen

1 follow-up statement

651 
WWUS51 KCLE 182306
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
706 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

OHC099-133-155-182330-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-170618T2330Z/
Portage OH-Mahoning OH-Trumbull OH-
706 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE...MAHONING AND SOUTHEASTERN TRUMBULL
COUNTIES...

At 706 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Vienna Center to 8 miles west of Canfield to
Alliance, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Youngstown, Warren, Salem, Columbiana, Boardman, Alliance, Niles,
Campbell, Hubbard, Canfield, Sebring, Lordstown, Vienna Center,
Hilltop, Maplewood Park, Austintown, Struthers, Girard, Vienna and
McDonald.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8109 4099 8109 4099 8115 4127 8082
      4129 8052 4090 8052 4090 8082 4093 8083
      4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 266DEG 20KT 4123 8071 4105 8093 4094 8111 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and 3 more	18 min
Jun 18, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	44 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min
Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	31 min
Jun 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull	44 min
Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	50 min
Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	4 hr
Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	46 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	2 hr

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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.