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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 2000Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2000, 2:27 AM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 27, 2000, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2000, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

212 
WUUS51 KCLE 270627
SVRCLE
OHC139-270730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
227 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF ONTARIO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BUCYRUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ONTARIO
  MANSFIELD
  LEXINGTON

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

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow56 min
Aug 27, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox59 min
Aug 27, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland53 min
Aug 27, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.