Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 4, 2001Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2001, 6:32 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 4, 2001, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 7:03 PM EDTHail 0.75Findlay, OHDime size hail was reported two miles north of Findlay.
Jul 4, 7:05 PM EDTHail 1Findlay, OHQuarter size hail was reported.

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
Jul 4, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 042232
SVRCLE

OHC063-042315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
632 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  VAN BUREN
  MCCOMB
  FINDLAY
  ARCADIA

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY% BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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
Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood14 min
Jul 4, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock31 min
Jul 4, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain35 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.