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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 4, 2003Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2003, 9:17 PM EST for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2003, 9:17 PM EST (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2003, 9:45 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

683 
WUUS51 KCLE 050217
SVRCLE
OHC139-050245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
917 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 917 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELLVILLE
  LEXINGTON
  MANSFIELD

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4071 8271 4084 8241 4073 8239 4073 8234
          4065 8233 4056 8262 4072 8263

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock37 min
Apr 4, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot34 min
Apr 4, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca37 min
Apr 4, 9:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky24 min
Apr 4, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford34 min
Apr 4, 9:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain23 min
Apr 4, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood44 min
Apr 4, 9:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky41 min
Apr 4, 9:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland34 min
Apr 4, 9:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne43 min
Apr 4, 10:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca49 min
Apr 4, 11:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Summit50 min
Apr 5, 12:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.