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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT for 10 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 11 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
- Mar 31, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2026, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ashland County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Brooklyn, OH | Social media report of a large tree downed in Cleveland. Time estimated via radar. |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Brooklyn, OH | Tree uprooted. |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Brooklyn, OH | Large portion of roof came off an apartment building on Fulton Road. |
| Mar 31, 5:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, OH | Windows of a high rise office building at East 9th St and St. Clair Ave blown out due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| Mar 31, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 1 Nne Cleveland, OH | ASOS station KBKL Cleveland. |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Mayfield, OH | Large tree down on powerlines leading to a road closure. Time estimated via radar. |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Kirtland, OH | Large tree down on Beachwood Drive. |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Nne Highland Heights, OH | AWOS station KCGF. |
| Mar 31, 5:49 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Chesterland, OH | A NWS storm damage survey confirmed an EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 100 mph in the Chesterland area. This is the start point of the tornado. The damage path length is 1.53 miles and maximum width is 120 yards. |
| Mar 31, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bainbridge, OH | Wires down on road. |
| Mar 31, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Sw Aquilla, OH | 65 mph gust and dime size hail. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
308
WUUS51 KCLE 312125
SVRCLE
OHC005-035-055-085-093-103-133-151-153-169-312215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0039.260331T2125Z-260331T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
525 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Portage County in northeastern Ohio...
Geauga County in northeastern Ohio...
Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...
Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
Southern Lake County in northeastern Ohio...
Northeastern Ashland County in north central Ohio...
North central Stark County in northeastern Ohio...
Summit County in northeastern Ohio...
Northern Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...
Southeastern Lorain County in north central Ohio...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 524 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Lakewood to near Brunswick to near Polk, moving
east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Akron, Medina, Willowick, Ravenna, Chardon, Parma,
Lakewood, Cuyahoga Falls, Euclid, Mentor, Cleveland Heights,
Strongsville, Brunswick, Westlake, North Royalton, Kent, Barberton,
Green, and Solon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4124 8100 4094 8136 4094 8236 4123 8198
4152 8188 4151 8183 4153 8173 4165 8154
4167 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 268DEG 58KT 4156 8180 4123 8192 4097 8225
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
231 follow-up statement
160
WWUS51 KCLE 312149
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
549 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026
OHC005-093-151-312158-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-260331T2215Z/
Ashland OH-Stark OH-Lorain OH-
549 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND...NORTH
CENTRAL STARK AND SOUTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.
LAT...LON 4124 8100 4099 8131 4099 8142 4098 8209
4118 8183 4145 8154 4164 8148 4167 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 269DEG 56KT 4157 8132 4124 8145 4098 8177
$$
OHC035-055-085-103-133-153-169-312215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-260331T2215Z/
Portage OH-Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Medina OH-Lake OH-Summit OH-
Wayne OH-
549 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PORTAGE...GEAUGA...EASTERN CUYAHOGA...EASTERN MEDINA...SOUTHERN
LAKE...SUMMIT AND NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 548 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Chesterland to Hudson to Rittman, moving east at
65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Akron, Medina, Willowick, Ravenna, Chardon, Cuyahoga Falls, Euclid,
Mentor, North Royalton, Kent, Barberton, Solon, Willoughby, Hudson,
Wadsworth, Twinsburg, Eastlake, Tallmadge, Streetsboro, and
Warrensville Heights.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4124 8100 4099 8131 4099 8142 4098 8209
4118 8183 4145 8154 4164 8148 4167 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 269DEG 56KT 4157 8132 4124 8145 4098 8177
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 55 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 96 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 83 min | |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain and 4 more | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 63 min | |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Portage | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 5 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.