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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 20264 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2026, 1:59 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 25 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 28, 2026, 1:59 AM EDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2026, 2:24 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 28, 1:43 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:43 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:04 PM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

OHZ009>012-089-282015-
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and
northeast Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather through
tonight. Primary hazards in thunderstorms will be damaging wind
gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

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.

LEZ061-144>149-164>169-OHZ013-014-019>023-028>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-
003-282015-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-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-
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-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-
Trumbull-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-
Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Southern Erie-
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather through
tonight. Primary hazards in thunderstorms will be damaging wind
gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

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.

PAZ001-282015-
Northern Erie-
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather through
tonight. Primary hazards in thunderstorms will be damaging wind
gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

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.

LEZ142-143-162-163-OHZ003-006-008-017-018-027-282015-
Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
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-Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot-
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather through
tonight. Primary hazards in thunderstorms will be damaging wind
gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

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.

OHZ007-282015-
Ottawa-
404 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather through
tonight. Primary hazards in thunderstorms will be damaging wind
gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents Tuesday through Wednesday.

.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 28, 1:13 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
113 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

OHZ003-006-007-280600-
Wood OH-Ottawa OH-Lucas OH-
113 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT OTTAWA...NORTHERN WOOD AND LUCAS
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...

At 113 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Deerfield, or near Blissfield, moving southeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Oregon, Sylvania, Rossford,
Waterville, Northwood, Whitehouse, Genoa, Holland, Weston, Maumee,
Ottawa Hills, Walbridge, Millbury, Haskins, Luckey, Grand Rapids, and
Rocky Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8346 4173 8345 4172 8347
      4169 8343 4169 8335 4171 8334 4164 8323
      4159 8306 4156 8310 4148 8334 4150 8335
      4150 8341 4145 8341 4129 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 312DEG 50KT 4187 8382

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas47 min
Jul 28, 1:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Wood36 min
Jul 28, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE59 min
Jul 28, 2:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESandusky38 min
Jul 28, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina, Summit41 min
Jul 28, 8:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie97 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.