Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 8, 2003, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Portage County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 082149
SVRCLE
OHC133-082245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STREETSBORO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GARRETTSVILLE
  MANTUA
  RAVENNA
  STREETSBORO

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 4111 8100 4118 8137 4135 8137 4134 8101

$$

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
405 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

3 WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NW OH AND IOWA TO MOVE ALONG
BOUNDARY TONIGHT.  FLOOD WATCH ALL BUT EXTREME NE.

.CLE...
OH...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 8 PM.
OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7AM ALL BUT EXTREME NE OH.
PA...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 8 PM.

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-081315-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
711 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 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 OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-081930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
231 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5PM EDT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO.
THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING EAST AT 40
KNOTS.  WITH THIS CURRENT MOVEMENT...THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH
LUCAS...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES BY 3 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
IMPACT WYANDOT...SENECA AND OTTAWA COUNTIES BY 4 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME DAMAGING.  RESIDENTS WITHIN
NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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.