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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2026, 11:40 AM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2026, 11:40 AM EDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What 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 21, 10:41 AM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 10:41 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 408 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006-008-013-014-017>023-027>033- 036>038-047-PAZ002-003-220815- 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-Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock- Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford- Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Southern Erie- 408 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today. Damaging wind gusts are the primary hazard, though a localized tornado risk cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS. OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-220815- Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 408 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today. Damaging wind gusts are the primary hazard, though a localized tornado risk cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS. OHZ007-009-220815- Ottawa-Erie- 408 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today. Damaging wind gusts are the primary hazard, though a localized tornado risk cannot be ruled out. There is a moderate risk for rip currents tonight into Wednesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 min | |
| Jul 21, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 80 min | |
| Jul 21, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min | |
| Jul 21, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 9:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 54 min | |
| Jul 21, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 10:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Richland | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina, Summit | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 85 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 55 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Summit | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 19 min |
| Jul 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mercer | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.