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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 9, 2000Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 8:37 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 9:07 PM EDTHail 0.75Kingsway, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 100038
SVRCLE
OHC143-100145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
837 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF GIBSONBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE
  GIBSONBURG
  FREMONT

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR ARE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THnE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

$$
REL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa57 min
May 9, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron47 min
May 9, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie46 min
May 10, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland39 min
May 10, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull50 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.