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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 2003Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2003, 8:52 AM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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 21, 2003, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2003, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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 21, 6:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1318 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

287 
WUUS51 KCLE 211252
SVRCLE
OHC101-211330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 852 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA RUE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KENTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LA RUE
  MARION

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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 4050 8342 4065 8341 4069 8315 4070 8286
          4065 8286 4065 8297 4051 8296 4048 8325

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 21, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 21, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 21, 5:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 5:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 8:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot50 min
Jul 21, 9:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford44 min
Jul 21, 9:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow43 min
Jul 21, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox50 min
Jul 21, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland41 min
Jul 21, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland46 min
Jul 21, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes52 min
Jul 21, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull49 min
Jul 21, 1:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull3 hr
Jul 21, 1:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull24 min
Jul 21, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne46 min
Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage49 min
Jul 21, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas40 min
Jul 21, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga46 min
Jul 21, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull49 min
Jul 21, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit43 min
Jul 21, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark37 min
Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa46 min
Jul 21, 7:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull2 hr
Jul 21, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull35 min
Jul 21, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 21, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne49 min

Nearby

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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.