Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 20, 2003, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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.

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.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 202156
SVRCLE
OHC063-202245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
556 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARCADIA
  VAN BUREN
  VANLUE

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH 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 4116 8378 4116 8343 4095 8348

$$

LOMBARDY

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 20, 3:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
303 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

CONVECTION RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND IS
MOVING QUICKLY SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA.  ACTIVITY APPEARS IT WILL AFFECT A PORTION OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREEZING LEVEL RISES ABOUT 1K FEET INCREASING
TO 13K FEET BY 00Z THIS EVENING. THIS WILL AFFECT HAIL SIZE AS
EVENING PROGRESSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO AND WESTERN PORTION OF LAKE ERIE.

EXPECTING MORE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE
FORECAST AREA AS A SHORTWAVE PUSHES EAST INTO THE AREA. BROAD
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES SOUTHEAST OVER THE LAKES WITH A TRAILING
COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
WILL KEEP MENTION OF CATEGORICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR
MONDAY AS WELL.  DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE
NIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW
INSTABILITY INCREASING OVER THE AREA AS WELL ON MONDAY.

LINGERING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDER POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS
POST COLD FRONT SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  I WILL KEEP A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE IS
PROGGED TO MOVE NORTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. AS TIME
PROGRESSES...THIS FEATURE COULD PUSH FURTHER SOUTH THAN PROJECTED.
DEEP TROUGHING LINGERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK WITH STAGNANT
MOISTURE HANGING AROUND AS WELL.  THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR
INSTABILITY TYPE SHOWERS OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.

STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT A
BIT WARMER NEAR THE LAKE.

ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

.CLE...
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LUCAS...WOOD...SANDUSKY...AND
OTTAWA COUNTIES AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
PA...NONE.

LOMBARDY

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-201115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
517 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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.