Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 7, 2003, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2003, 3:00 PM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS51 KCLE 071811
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-071900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
211 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF WAKEMAN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST
  OF NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MILAN
  WAKEMAN

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 DAMAGING WINDS.

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 4136 8262 4138 8237 4139 8235 4137 8234
          4120 8234 4119 8260

$$

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1235 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

UPDATING TO INCLUDE SEVERE WATCH

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-071215-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
617 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO
AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT APPEARS TO BE THE THREAT FOR STRONG,
DAMAGING WINDS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE
RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY.  THE RISK FOR FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER AREAS
THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-071830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
108 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO EXCEPT ASHTABULA COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO
NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH QUICKLY ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

MOST AREAS WILL SEE THESE STORMS PASSING THROUGH BRINGING HEAVY
RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTENING STRIKES. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
SOME OF THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE WEATHER WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

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

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.