Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 21, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2018, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Canfield, OH | TREE DOWN AT OHIO TURNPIKE AND TURNER. TIME RADAR ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:32 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 97 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
- 391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
358
WUUS51 KCLE 212200
SVRCLE
OHC099-133-151-212230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0076.180921T2200Z-180921T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Portage County in northeastern Ohio...
Western Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio...
Eastern Stark County in northeastern Ohio...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 559 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hartville to near Waynesburg, moving east at 55
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Canton, Salem, Alliance, Louisville, Canfield, Sebring, Minerva,
Hartville, Waynesburg, East Sparta, Austintown, Randolph, Atwater,
Edinburg, Ellsworth, East Canton, Craig Beach, Beloit, Deerfield
and Limaville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4105 8135 4114 8100 4113 8075 4090 8076
4090 8082 4093 8083 4093 8089 4090 8090
4090 8108 4073 8109 4072 8123 4065 8124
4065 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 257DEG 46KT 4100 8128 4072 8130
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
King1 follow-up statement
381
WWUS51 KCLE 212216
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
616 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018
OHC099-133-151-212230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-180921T2230Z/
Portage OH-Mahoning OH-Stark OH-
616 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE...WESTERN MAHONING AND EASTERN STARK
COUNTIES...
At 616 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles north of Alliance to Minerva, moving east at
40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Canton, Alliance, Louisville, Canfield, Sebring, Minerva, Waynesburg,
East Sparta, Austintown, Ellsworth, East Canton, Craig Beach, Beloit,
Deerfield, North Jackson, Berlin Center, Maple Ridge, Robertsville,
Maximo and Greenford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4094 8116 4114 8099 4113 8075 4090 8076
4090 8081 4093 8082 4093 8089 4090 8090
4090 8108 4073 8109 4072 8123 4065 8124
4065 8138 4082 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 261DEG 36KT 4101 8109 4073 8111
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KingThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:02 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 85 min | |
| Sep 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Marion, Medina and 2 more | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and 2 more | 60 min |
| Sep 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 17 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.