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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2020Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2020, 6:55 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2020, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 6:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Louisville, OHCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 N LOUISVILLE. ODOT REPORTED OH 44 CLOSED BETWEEN EASTON STREET AND US 62 DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. SPOTTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED AND SIX TELEPHONE POLES DOWNED IN SAME AREA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RAD
Jun 5, 6:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Louisville, OHODOT REPORTED OH 44 CLOSED BETWEEN EASTON STREET AND US 62 DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2020-06-05Temperature 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 2020-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

750 
WUUS51 KCLE 052255
SVRCLE
OHC151-052345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.200605T2255Z-200605T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
655 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2020

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Stark County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 655 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alliance, or
  11 miles northeast of Canton, moving southeast at 15 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...
  Alliance, Louisville, Minerva, Limaville, Robertsville and Maximo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4089 8134 4099 8118 4099 8113 4096 8108
      4073 8109 4073 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 317DEG 14KT 4090 8119 

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

King
2 follow-up statements
470 
WWUS51 KCLE 052314
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
714 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2020

OHC151-052345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200605T2345Z/
Stark OH-
714 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL STARK COUNTY...

At 714 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alliance, or 11
miles east of Canton, moving southeast at 15 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...
Alliance, Louisville, Minerva, Robertsville and Maximo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4083 8128 4096 8108 4073 8109 4073 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 319DEG 14KT 4083 8115 

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

King
206 
WWUS51 KCLE 052341
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
741 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2020

OHC151-052351-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200605T2345Z/
Stark OH-
741 PM EDT Fri Jun 5 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL STARK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4083 8128 4096 8108 4073 8109 4073 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 317DEG 14KT 4076 8107 

$$

King

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE85 min
Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit116 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.