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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2002Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 4:48 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 6 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: May 25, 2002, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 4:55 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Neapolis, OH	Golf ball size hail was reported three miles southeast of Neapolis.
May 25, 5:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Holland, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
May 25, 5:10 PM EDT	Hail 2.5	Perrysburg, OH	Hail to tennis ball size fell for several minutes and accumulated on the ground to a depth of over six inches at some locations. The hail plugged many storm sewers causing water to back up into the basements of several homes. Dozens of vehicles and many home
May 25, 5:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunbridge, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs.
May 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Perrysburg, OH	Golf ball size hail was reported six miles east of Perrysburg near the intersection of Interstates 80/90 and 280.
May 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Perrysburg, OH	Thunderstorm winds blew over two fully loaded semi trucks six miles east of Perrysburg near the intersection of Interstates 80/90 and 280. Both trucks were severely damaged. The roof of a large building nearby was also torn off.

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
May 25, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 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 252048
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-252145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
447 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN OHIO...
  WOOD COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEHOUSE...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES EAST OF NAPOLEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTHWOOD
  OREGON
  PERRYSBURG
  ROSSFORD
  TOLEDO
  WATERVILLE
  WHITEHOUSE

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

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
May 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
May 25, 5:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wood	32 min
May 25, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	52 min
May 25, 5:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa	28 min
May 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr

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.