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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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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</html>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
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 59 min | |
| Jul 28, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina, Summit | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 8:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 97 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.