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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 20, 2020Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2020, 12:09 PM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 20, 2020, 12:09 PM EDT (16:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

487 
WUUS51 KCLE 201609
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-153-201645-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0003.200320T1609Z-200320T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1209 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Portage County in northeastern Ohio...
  Northern Stark County in northeastern Ohio...
  Southern Summit County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 1245 PM EDT.

* At 1209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mogadore, or
  near Akron, moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Akron, Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Barberton, Green, Alliance,
  Tallmadge, North Canton, Mogadore, Hartville, Stow, New Franklin,
  Norton, Brimfield, Fairlawn, Canal Fulton, Randolph, Munroe Falls
  and Lakemore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8165 4098 8165 4099 8167 4115 8167
      4117 8100 4099 8100 4099 8109 4089 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 270DEG 56KT 4102 8141 

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

Jaszka
2 follow-up statements
858 
WWUS51 KCLE 201621
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1221 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020

OHC133-151-153-201645-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200320T1645Z/
Portage OH-Stark OH-Summit OH-
1221 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE...NORTHERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT
COUNTIES...

At 1221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Ravenna, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Akron, Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Green, Alliance, Tallmadge,
Mogadore, Hartville, Stow, New Franklin, Brimfield, Randolph, Munroe
Falls, Lakemore, Atwater, Edinburg, Silver Lake, Deerfield and Brady
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 8155 4115 8152 4117 8100 4099 8100
      4099 8109 4089 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 273DEG 50KT 4104 8119 

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

Jaszka
437 
WWUS51 KCLE 201642
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1242 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020

OHC133-151-153-201652-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200320T1645Z/
Portage OH-Stark OH-Summit OH-
1242 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE...NORTHERN
STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4090 8155 4115 8152 4117 8100 4099 8100
      4099 8109 4089 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 270DEG 56KT 4104 8080 

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 6:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Knox62 min
Mar 20, 11:05 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESandusky, Wood14 hr
Mar 20, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga43 min
Mar 20, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit28 min
Mar 20, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull45 min
Mar 20, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland and 3 more42 min
Mar 20, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull34 min
Mar 20, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning42 min
Mar 20, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Knox, Stark46 min
Mar 20, 4:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion42 hr

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.