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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 9:01 PM EST for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 10, 2002, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 9:30 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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
Nov 10, 4:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 356 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 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
356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

954 
WUUS51 KCLE 110201
SVRCLE
OHC151-110230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 901 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST SPARTA...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  EAST SPARTA
  MINERVA
  WAYNESBURG

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
Nov 10, 7:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit58 min
Nov 10, 7:11 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull64 min
Nov 10, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEStark45 min
Nov 10, 7:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake57 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne65 min
Nov 10, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula66 min
Nov 10, 7:50 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 10, 7:50 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 10, 7:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage39 min
Nov 10, 7:58 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEStark47 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull60 min

Nearby

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

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.