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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 8, 2001Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2001, 7:38 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 8, 2001, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2001, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 8:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWest Toledo, OHThunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2001-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 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 12:00Z on 2001-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

654 
WUUS51 KCLE 082338
SVRCLE
OHC095-090015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
738 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WHITEHOUSE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHITEHOUSE
  WATERVILLE
  TOLEDO
  SYLVANIA
  HOLLAND

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.

$$

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.