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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 8, 2003Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2003, 5:35 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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
Jul 8, 2003, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

777 
WUUS51 KCLE 082135
SVRCLE
OHC103-082230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
535 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF LODI...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH
  OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LODI
  MEDINA
  WADSWORTH

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 4125 8168 4102 8168 4099 8184 4100 8216
          4112 8216

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 7, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain41 min
Jul 7, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga41 min
Jul 7, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit44 min
Jul 7, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain28 min
Jul 7, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit63 min
Jul 7, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark56 min
Jul 7, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit49 min
Jul 7, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit49 min
Jul 8, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit56 min
Jul 8, 1:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage51 min
Jul 8, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning57 min
Jul 8, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood63 min
Jul 8, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot62 min
Jul 8, 3:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Morrow, Richland79 min
Jul 8, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 4:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox61 min
Jul 8, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Lorain, Medina, Wayne65 min
Jul 8, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 8, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 8, 4:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
Jul 8, 5:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit67 min
Jul 8, 5:15 AM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain60 min
Jul 8, 5:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage63 min
Jul 8, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 min
Jul 8, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood58 min
Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot38 min
Jul 8, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky64 min
Jul 8, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca61 min
Jul 8, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca49 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock60 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford54 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot3 hr
Jul 8, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron59 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Jul 8, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron59 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain57 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow55 min
Jul 8, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit52 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland51 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne57 min
Jul 8, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes67 min
Jul 8, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne51 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark53 min
Jul 8, 6:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland3 hr
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning52 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.