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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:16 PM EST for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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: Nov 10, 2002, 6:16 PM EST (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 6:16 PM EST	Hail 1	Amherst, OH	Quarter size hail was observed.
Nov 10, 6:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lorain, OH	Thunderstorm winds well in excess of 60 mph caused extensive damage in the City of Lorain and Sheffield Lake. A school in Sheffield Lake lost a large section of roof and suffered extensive water damage. 46 homes in the area were damaged by the strong winds,
Nov 10, 6:32 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 56 M	Vermilion On The Lk, OH	A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured. Many trees were downed.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 10, 1:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 102316
SVRCLE
OHC093-110015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
616 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 616 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF VERMILION TO 9 MILES WEST OF WELLINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LORAIN TO 12 MILES EAST OF
  NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  AMHERST
  ELYRIA
  GRAFTON
  LORAIN
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE
  VERMILION
  WELLINGTON

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	58 min
Nov 10, 4:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	67 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	59 min
Nov 10, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	56 min
Nov 10, 5:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Seneca	28 min
Nov 10, 5:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Sandusky	55 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Marion	67 min
Nov 10, 5:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Richland	63 min
Nov 10, 5:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes	42 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa	37 min
Nov 10, 5:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Morrow	45 min
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Seneca	55 min
Nov 10, 5:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina	66 min
Nov 10, 6:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland	60 min
Nov 10, 6:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	57 min
Nov 10, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	47 min
Nov 10, 6:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	56 min
Nov 10, 6:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	53 min
Nov 10, 6:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	64 min
Nov 10, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	60 min
Nov 10, 6:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage	49 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.