Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 21, 2003, 8:25 AM EDT (12:25 UTC)

Expired

Jul 21, 2003, 9:15 AM EDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 211225
SVRCLE
OHC063-175-211315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
825 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 825 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTH OF FINDLAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARLINGTON
  SYCAMORE
  UPPER SANDUSKY
  VANLUE

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 4092 8377 4103 8342 4098 8312 4080 8311
          4078 8348 4082 8371

$$

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 4:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
400 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

BIG MCS COMPLEX OVR IL-IN-WRN OH FOCCUSED ALG FNTL BNDRY HAS ALREADY
PROD SVR STORMS. XCPT FOR THE ONE STG CELL OVR WRN LERI MST OF THE
AREA IS MOVG INTO A LTL MORE STBL AIR ATTM & NOT SHOWG SIGNS OF
STRENGTHENG. NOT TO BE OUTDONE LN OF CELLS FRM LAKE CNTY E INTO
CRAWFORD PA PROD LCL HVY RN. THIS ACTVTY MAY DNSH THRU THE MRNG BUT
COULD REDVLP LATER IN THE AFTN AS UPR SUPPORT AND CDFNT APCH. QPF
AMTS IN THE 1/2-1 INCH RANGE THRU TNGT AS THE FNT EXITS OFF TO THE
E. BUT STG JET & TROF ALF WL EVOLVE THRU WED KEEPG US IN A VRY
UNUSUAL CUTOFF LOW PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YR. UPR TROF OVR US WL
KEEP INSTBILTY MARGINAL WI CHCS FOR SHRA THRU AT LEAST WED NITE.
MUCH COOLER TEMPS DUE TO CLD COVER & NLY FLOW.

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

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-211115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
520 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TUESDAY BUT THE THREAT WILL
DIMINISH BY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER STEADY AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS A RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY 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.