Alert archive / Ohio / Medina County
Weather alerts in Medina County, Ohio, 2014
101 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Medina County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- May21 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 13, 201412 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
3 of 6 tornado warnings covering Medina County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them; 6 of 7 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 10 minutes after it went out.
Medina County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 3 | 50% | 7 | 86% | 10 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 9 | 44% | 11 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Cleveland, OH: tornado warnings | 30 | 6 | 80% | 15 | 87% | 17 min |
| NWS Cleveland, OH: severe thunderstorm warnings | 120 | 68 | 43% | 154 | 77% | 21 min |
| NWS Cleveland, OH: flash flood warnings | 21 | 4 | 81% | 10 | 100% | 86 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:02 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 18 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CLE | 8 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:06 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | CLE | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:06 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CLE | 72 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CLE | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 10 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 17 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 31 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:15 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 26 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 43 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:16 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 18 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:25 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | CLE | 10 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:25 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CLE | 66 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:25 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 21 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 18 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CLE | 48 hr |
| Feb 4, 8:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:11 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 21 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 33 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:53 PM EST | Flood Watch | CLE | 42 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CLE | 39 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Feb 21, 12:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:44 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CLE | 30 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:50 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | CLE | 33 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:33 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 11 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:42 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 26 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:02 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | 21 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:58 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 56 min |
| May 12, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 45 min |
| May 12, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | 6 hr |
| May 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 12, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 44 min |
| May 12, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 49 min |
| May 12, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | 7 hr |
| May 12, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 48 min |
| May 12, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 31 min |
| May 12, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 42 min |
| May 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 45 min |
| May 13, 3:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | 16 hr |
| May 13, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | 17 hr |
| May 14, 11:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | 28 hr |
| May 14, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | 10 hr |
| May 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | 18 hr |
| May 21, 10:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | 35 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 9:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 11:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 12:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 10, 8:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Oct 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 35 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:15 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CLE | 10 hr |
| Nov 22, 8:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:29 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CLE | 12 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:29 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CLE | 20 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:08 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CLE | 19 hr |
| Nov 24, 10:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 15 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:32 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | CLE | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:14 PM EST | High Wind Watch | CLE | 13 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:45 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CLE | 21 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:21 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Dec 24, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.