Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 29, 2002, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)

Expired

Jul 29, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

932 
WUUS51 KCLE 292157
SVRCLE
OHC143-147-292245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
557 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOSTORIA...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELLEVUE
  CLYDE
  FOSTORIA
  FREMONT
  GIBSONBURG
  GREEN SPRINGS
  NEW RIEGEL
  TIFFIN
  WOODVILLE

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.

$$

GARNET

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 5:13 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

SENDING OUT AN UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL
OF NORTHERN OHIO.  COORDINATED WITH SPC AND WE WILL LEAVE OUT
NORTHWEST PA COUNTIES FOR NOW.

ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

.CLE...
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.
PA...NONE.

LOMBARDY

In the hours before

OHZ006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-292230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
544 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND ADJACENT LAKE ERIE.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST
ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AS THE STORMS
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

DANGEROUS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.  BE SURE TO MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
THE DANGERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WELL BEFORE THE STORMS REACH YOUR
AREA.

BE SURE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

LOMBARDY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.