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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. 23 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
- Jul 5, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2026, 2:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mahoning County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | 1 Nw Boardman, OH | NWS damage survey confirms a macroburst that produced wind speeds up to 90 mph across portions of Mahoning County. |
| Jul 5, 2:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Canfield, OH | An NWS survey team confirms a brief EF-1 tornado occurred in Canfield Township with max wind speeds of 95 mph. |
| Jul 5, 2:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Austintown, OH | Large trees snapped and power lines downed on the corner of Mellinger Road and Raccoon Road. Time estimated via radar. |
| Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Austintown, OH | Trees and power lines downed near the intersection of Kirk Road and State Route 46. |
| Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Youngstown, OH | Social media photo of the sign for the Boardman Plaza partially blown over. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Boardman, OH | Extensive tree and power line damage at Hopkins Rd and Shields Rd. |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Sw Austintown, OH | 60+mph wind estimates and nickel side hail near State Route 46 and Kirk Rd. |
| Jul 5, 2:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Boardman, OH | Many large trees snapped or uprooted between Canfield and Boardman. |
| Jul 5, 2:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Boardman, OH | Large tree uprooted off of Shields road near the corner of Lockwood Blvd. |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Boardman, OH | Broadcast media shared a photo of multiple trees that fell and took down power poles on tippecanoe road. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Canfield, OH | 5 inch diameter branches down. |
| Jul 5, 2:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Poland, OH | Estimated 60-65 mph winds and dime size hail. |
| Jul 5, 2:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Austintown, OH | Glass entry door shattered at an apartment complex in Cornersburg. Time estimated via radar. |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Poland, OH | Large tree down on a house on Highland Drive. |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Poland, OH | Large tree down on a house on Tara Drive. |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Poland, OH | Tree uprooted on Delaware Drive. |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 E Austintown, OH | Spotter estimated 50-60 mph winds and measured over 1 inch of rain in 30 minutes. |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 77 | 1 Nw Poland, OH | Measured on handheld anemometer. |
| Jul 5, 2:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Boardman, OH | Significant tree damage on Tanglewood drive in Boardman. Many large limbs downed and trees uprooted. |
| Jul 5, 2:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Poland, OH | Significant tree damage throughout Poland. A photo was shared by broadcast media of a large tree downed onto a house causing structural damage. |
| Jul 5, 2:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Boardman, OH | Large trees down including some uprooted, falling in different directions. |
| Jul 5, 2:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Campbell, OH | Multiple large limbs and power lines downed. |
| Jul 5, 2:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Boardman, OH | Trees down on North Cadillac Drive in Boardman. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 22 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
581 WUUS51 KCLE 051751 SVRCLE OHC099-051915- /O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0167.260705T1751Z-260705T1915Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Cleveland OH 151 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 151 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canfield, or 8 miles west of Youngstown, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Youngstown, Boardman, Campbell, Canfield, Austintown, Struthers, Poland, Ellsworth, New Middletown, Lowellville, and Mineral Ridge. 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 4094 8052 4096 8089 4113 8083 4113 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 288DEG 13KT 4107 8081 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Kahn
4 follow-up statements
382 WWUS51 KCLE 051800 SVSCLE Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 200 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 OHC099-051915- /O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-260705T1915Z/ Mahoning OH- 200 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR EASTERN MAHONING COUNTY... At 200 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Canfield, or near Youngstown, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Youngstown, Boardman, Campbell, Canfield, Austintown, Struthers, Poland, Ellsworth, New Middletown, Lowellville, and Mineral Ridge. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4094 8052 4096 8089 4113 8083 4113 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 288DEG 13KT 4106 8077 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Kahn
887
WWUS51 KCLE 051821
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
221 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
OHC099-051915-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-260705T1915Z/
Mahoning OH-
221 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MAHONING COUNTY...
At 220 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Boardman, or
near Youngstown, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Youngstown, Boardman, Campbell, Canfield, Austintown, Struthers,
Poland, New Middletown, and Lowellville.
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 4094 8052 4096 8084 4104 8075 4113 8072
4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 288DEG 13KT 4104 8067
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
Kahn371
WWUS51 KCLE 051832
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
232 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
OHC099-051915-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-260705T1915Z/
Mahoning OH-
232 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MAHONING COUNTY...
At 232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Boardman, or
near Youngstown, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Youngstown, Boardman, Campbell, Struthers, Poland, New Middletown,
and Lowellville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4095 8072 4101 8071 4113 8066 4113 8052
4094 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 288DEG 13KT 4103 8061
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
Kahn142
WWUS51 KCLE 051850
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
250 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
OHC099-051900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-260705T1915Z/
Mahoning OH-
250 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MAHONING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However, gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4095 8072 4101 8071 4113 8066 4113 8052
4094 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 288DEG 13KT 4101 8053
$$
KahnWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 7:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- 1) Periodic showers and thunderstorms will continue through Monday, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. Localized heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding may be possible today. 2) Temperatures will return back to near average today through Tuesday, before becoming slightly above normal towards mid to late week.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 759 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... Patchy dense fog is possible through sunrise this morning. The potential for localized heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding has slightly increased for today as well. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) Periodic showers and thunderstorms will continue through Monday, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. Localized heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding may be possible today. 2) Temperatures will return back to near average today through Tuesday, before becoming slightly above normal towards mid to late week. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1... The main weather concern for today will be a slow moving low pressure system tracking eastward across the Upper Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes region. First off this morning, there is some patchy dense fog across far NEOH and NWPA. We have a SPS for this patchy fog through sunrise. If trends become widespread, we may have to put out a short-fused dense fog advisory this early morning. High-res model guidance that the weak low pressure system or MCV currently over northern Indiana this morning will slowly track eastward today across northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. PWAT values are tropical around 1.8 inches. Steering flow is weak around 15 knots or less. We are expected periodic showers and thunderstorms to develop in association with the slow moving MCV east to west across the area. Some localized heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding may be possible with rainfall rates up to 2.0 inches. Any clusters of stronger convection could potentially support a brief cold pool organization and associated marginal risk for damaging wind gusts. SPC has much of the area highlighted in a day 1 outlook for severe weather due to an isolated damaging wind threat. Most of the convection should weekend and decrease in coverage after sunset this evening. We will rinse and repeat this diurnally driven convection and rain chances for Monday, especially over the southeastern CWA or areas along and east of I-71. Rain chances will decrease by Tuesday and Wednesday with weak high pressure building into the Ohio Valley. A broad trough will swing through the Great Lakes region late this week and bring a cold front across the area Thursday into Friday. Likely POPs will return into the forecast by the end of the week with scattered showers and storms again. KEY MESSAGE 2... Due to added cloud cover and higher rain chances today and Monday, temperatures will be closer to seasonable averages for early July. High temperatures will be in the lower to middle 80s today through Tuesday. High temps will increase slightly above average by Wednesday and Thursday into the middle and upper 80s, though heat indices should remain below 100. Seasonable temperatures are expected Friday into the weekend. && .AVIATION /12Z Sunday THROUGH Thursday/... Some fog and mist is ongoing at 12z, mainly across eastern OH and into northwestern PA. There are pockets of dense fog, including at YNG. Expect this fog/mist to gradually improve through 14z. Outside of convection conditions should return to mainly VFR through this afternoon. Non-VFR ceilings and visibility may return to some sites tonight. Main focus and challenge with this set of TAFs remains shower and thunderstorm potential. A batch of showers and storms ahead of an area of weak low pressure is ongoing across Northwest OH and southeast MI as of 12z, with impacts mainly confined to TOL but perhaps clipping MFD and CLE before 15z too. This weak low will drift east-southeast into northern Ohio along a slowly sagging cold front through the afternoon. We may see a brief break in activity later this morning as the current batch shifts out over the lake and into Canada, with the low and front expected to focus another round of afternoon and evening showers and storms. Impacts are most likely at TOL, FDY, MFD, CAK and perhaps YNG this afternoon and early evening near and south of the front, with lower potential at CLE. Thunderstorm potential decreases this evening, though some showers may linger tonight. Light and variable but mainly southerly winds early this morning will gradually shift more northeasterly through the day today as the front gradually sags across the area. Winds will remain under 10kt outside of any convection today, with a few gusts over 30kt possible with any stronger storms. Outlook...Non-VFR with occasional showers and thunderstorms possible through Tuesday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms are also possible Thursday afternoon. && .MARINE... Northeast winds will gradually become established across the lake today as low pressure approaches from the west and as a cold front pushes south of the lake. These northeast winds will increase to 10-20kt tonight and Monday, gradually weakening Monday night into Tuesday. This will bring a period of 1 to 3 foot waves tonight through parts of Tuesday, with potential for a brief period or two of 4 footers mainly between the Islands and Willowick when winds push closer to 20kt tonight and Monday. The wind and wave forecast were nudged up a bit higher with this package, and would support marginal Small Craft/Beach Hazards headlines for a few zones in the central basin. Because the forecast is very marginal for a headline and conditions don't ramp up until tonight will hold off on the headlines with this cycle, but they may well be coming today. It will still be on the choppy side on Tuesday though conditions will be on a slow improvement. Expect tranquil conditions on Wednesday, with the next cold front bringing slightly elevated winds and some thunderstorm potential to the lake Thursday into Friday. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None. && DISCUSSION...77 AVIATION...Sullivan MARINE...Sullivan
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:39 AM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 339 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 OHZ003-006-008-011>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003- 060745- Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock- Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford- Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 339 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a marginal risk for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms today with an isolated damaging wind threat. Slow moving thunderstorms today may lead to localized heavy rainfall and an isolated flash flood threat as well. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ007-009-010-060745- Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 339 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a marginal risk for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms today with an isolated damaging wind threat. Slow moving thunderstorms today may lead to localized heavy rainfall and an isolated flash flood threat as well. There is a moderate risk for rip currents along Lake Erie beaches tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-060745- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH- Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH- Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH- Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 339 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 61 min | |
| Jul 5, 11:03 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Huron and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Richland | 3 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.