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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 19, 2002Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 4:32 PM EDT for Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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
Apr 19, 2002, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 19, 4:35 PM EDTHail 1Mt Gilead, OHQuarter size hail was reported.
Apr 19, 4:41 PM EDTHail 1Fredericktown, OHDime to quarter size hail was reported.
Apr 19, 4:49 PM EDTHail 0.75Ankenytown, OHDime size hail was reported.
Apr 19, 4:55 PM EDTHail 1.75Johnsville, OHGolf ball size hail was reported just northeast of Johnsville.
Apr 19, 5:30 PM EDTHail 0.75Mt Vernon, OHDime size hail was reported.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 192032
SVRCLE
OHC083-117-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
432 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN OHIO...
  MORROW COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CHESTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF MOUNT GILEAD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CHESTERVILLE
  DANVILLE
  FREDERICKTOWN
  GAMBIER
  MOUNT VERNON
  SPARTA

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
Apr 19, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain2 hr
Apr 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina58 min
Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne38 min
Apr 19, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit30 min
Apr 19, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne35 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark60 min
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow110 min
Apr 19, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox59 min
Apr 19, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Apr 19, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes2 hr
Apr 19, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Apr 19, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Morrow64 min
Apr 19, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland2 hr
Apr 19, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland58 min
Apr 19, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion66 min
Apr 19, 7:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow3 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.