Ohio storm reports for May 12, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Ohio, May 12, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 1 wind report and 2 tornado reports in Ohio on May 12, 2014.

in Ohio; 17
Storm reports: About 18 miles from Akron, OH; 1.25 in
Largest hail: About 20 miles from Cleveland, OH; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 20 miles from Cleveland, OH; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 12, 2014 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail14, most at 7 PM

Wind1, most at 6 PM

Tornado2, most at 6 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:45 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Cleveland, OH	1.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:15 PM	EF0	About 18 miles from Akron, OH	0.21 mi long, 40 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Akron, OH
4:10 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Cleveland, OH
6:10 PM	0.75 in	About 26 miles from Cleveland, OH
6:58 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Columbus, OH
6:59 PM	0.75 in	About 43 miles from Canton, OH
7:16 PM	1.25 in	About 18 miles from Akron, OH
7:27 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Akron, OH
7:40 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Cleveland, OH
7:41 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Akron, OH
7:45 PM	1.25 in	About 19 miles from Cleveland, OH
8:03 PM	0.75 in	In Akron, OH
8:05 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Cleveland, OH
8:30 PM	0.75 in	About 18 miles from Akron, OH
9:00 PM	1.0 in	In Akron, OH

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Akron, OH	1.0 in	None	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.