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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 2002Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 2:25 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2002, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1717 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 271825
SVRCLE
OHC117-271930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
225 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARDINGTON...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES EAST OF DELAWARE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CARDINGTON
  CHESTERVILLE
  MOUNT GILEAD
  SPARTA

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
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
Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula41 min
Jun 27, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox60 min
Jun 27, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark60 min
Jun 27, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.