Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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
$$
Jaszka2 follow-up statements
858
WWUS51 KCLE 201621
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1221 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020
OHC133-151-153-201645-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200320T1645Z/
Portage OH-Stark OH-Summit OH-
1221 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE...NORTHERN STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT
COUNTIES...
At 1221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Ravenna, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Akron, Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Green, Alliance, Tallmadge,
Mogadore, Hartville, Stow, New Franklin, Brimfield, Randolph, Munroe
Falls, Lakemore, Atwater, Edinburg, Silver Lake, Deerfield and Brady
Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 8155 4115 8152 4117 8100 4099 8100
4099 8109 4089 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 273DEG 50KT 4104 8119
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Jaszka437
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
$$
JaszkaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 11:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Wood | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland and 3 more | 42 min |
| Mar 20, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 42 min |
| Mar 20, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Stark | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 4:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.