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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2002Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 9:38 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca 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
Jul 22, 2002, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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
Jul 22, 9:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindClyde, OHThunderstorm winds downed a few trees. A home was damaged by a fallen tree.

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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2002-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2002-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

767 
WUUS51 KCLE 230138
SVRCLE
OHC143-147-230215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
937 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FREMONT TO   
  NEAR FOSTORIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FREMONT  
  BELLEVUE
  CLYDE
  GREEN SPRINGS
  TIFFIN

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS 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.
$$

ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
Jul 22, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
Jul 22, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa41 min
Jul 22, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jul 22, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain52 min
Jul 22, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
Jul 22, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina54 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.