Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 2002Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 9:12 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Jun 3, 2002, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 9:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Mt Blanchard, OHDime size hail was observed.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 040112
SVRCLE
OHC063-040145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
912 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...A NWS WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED AND RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  SOUTH OF FINDLAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARLINGTON

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot49 min
Jun 3, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland40 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Richland2 hr
Jun 3, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland26 min
Jun 4, 12:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes110 min
Jun 4, 4:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes4 hr
Jun 4, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca38 min
Jun 4, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron54 min
Jun 4, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain63 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga62 min
Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga41 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca40 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull48 min
Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit30 min
Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca33 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark26 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning37 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark41 min
Jun 4, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne53 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark59 min
Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland35 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland45 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.