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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 27, 2003Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2003, 4:58 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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 27, 2003, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 27, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2003-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

129 
WUUS51 KCLE 272058
SVRCLE
OHC077-272145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
458 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORWALK
  WAKEMAN

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 4128 8263 4128 8234 4111 8234 4111 8262

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock43 min
Jul 27, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland52 min
Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull54 min
Jul 27, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark3 hr
Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 7:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull4 hr
Jul 27, 7:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Portage4 hr

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.