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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 15, 2001Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2001, 8:56 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
May 15, 2001, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2001, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2001-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1147 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 160056
SVRCLE
OHC033-160145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
856 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATFIELD...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTH OF BUCYRUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEW WASHINGTON
  GALION
  CRESTLINE
  CHATFIELD
  BUCYRUS

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.