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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 2001Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2001, 9:57 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 29, 2001, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2001, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 10:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindGenoa, OHThunderstorm winds downed several power poles along State Route 163 between Genoa and Oak Harbor.

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 nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2001-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1606 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2001-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
1606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 300158
SVRCLE

OHC123-300245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
957 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 957 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK HARBOR...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES EAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  PORT CLINTON
  OAK HARBOR

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas60 min
Jul 29, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.