Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 5:23 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa, OH | Thunderstorm winds destroyed two pole buildings near Genoa in Clay Township. |
| May 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Genoa, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees near Genoa in Clay Township. |
| May 25, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Allen Township near Williston. |
| May 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Clinton, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree west of Port Clinton in Bay Township. |
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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 252123 SVRCLE OHC123-252215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 523 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OTTAWA COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF GENOA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GENOA 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, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 57 min |
| 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, 5:47 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 |
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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.