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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 24, 2001Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 8:41 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
Oct 24, 2001, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MCountywide, OHThunderstorm winds downed many trees and a few power poles across the county. A 60 mph wind gust was measured seven miles west of Fremont. A nearby radio tower was damaged. A 64 foot long pole barn was blown down just south of Gibsonburg. A nearby motor
Oct 24, 9:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWilliston, OHThunderstorm winds downed many 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2001-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 660 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 2001-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

149 
WUUS51 KCLE 250042
SVRCLE
OHC123-143-147-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
841 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN OHIO...
  SENECA COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
TOLEDO TO 4 MILES EAST OF FINDLAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOOMVILLE
  CLYDE
  ELMORE
  FOSTORIA
  FREMONT
  GENOA
  GIBSONBURG
  GREEN SPRINGS
  NEW RIEGEL
  OAK HARBOR
  PORT CLINTON
  TIFFIN
  WOODVILLE

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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

$$

GARNET

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood62 min
Oct 24, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas38 min
Oct 24, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
Oct 24, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
Oct 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 min
Oct 24, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion50 min
Oct 24, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie39 min
Oct 24, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron52 min
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga39 min
Oct 24, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox42 min
Oct 24, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland23 min
Oct 24, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min
Oct 24, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne40 min
Oct 24, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina49 min
Oct 24, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga43 min
Oct 24, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit25 min
Oct 24, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage46 min
Oct 24, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark46 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.