Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 24, 2001Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 9:10 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
Oct 24, 2001, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 9:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLa Rue, OHThunderstorm winds downed several trees approximately five miles north of La Rue near the intersection of State Routes 37 and 309.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2001-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 392 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2001-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

531 
WUUS51 KCLE 250110
SVRCLE
OHC101-250200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA RUE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KENTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LA RUE
  MARION
  MORRAL

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.

$$

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 WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky64 min
Oct 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 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

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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.