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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2001Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2001, 9:09 PM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 7, 2001, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 9:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPainesville, OHThunderstorm winds downed a few trees across the county.

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2001-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 591 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2001-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

075 
WUUS51 KCLE 080109
SVRCLE
OHC055-085-080200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
909 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  LAKE COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAINESVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  PAINESVILLE
  MIDDLEFIELD
  MENTOR
  CHARDON

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
Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion119 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.