Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 2, 2003, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2003, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 021952
SVRCLE
OHC139-022045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ONTARIO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON
  MANSFIELD
  ONTARIO

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 4076 8272 4099 8241 4074 8239 4062 8256
          4067 8264 4072 8263 4071 8271

$$

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 3:48 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
348 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003

SOME LATE AFTN SCT TSTM ACTVTY DVLPG THRU OUR CWA MOVG ON AN E/NE
TRACK. XPCT ACTVTY TO BCM MORE ORGANZD THRU TNGT AND CONT THRU SUN
MRNG. SHRA CHC TO CONT THRU MIDWEEK AS UPR LOW DIGS DWN OVR OH.
KEEPG MUCH OF THE AREA RATHER UNSTBL. LTL CHG IN ONGOING FCST AND
ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. TREND TO GO DRY BY THURS/FRI AS THE UPR LOW
EXITS. LTL CHGS ON THE TEMPS FROM DAY TO DAY, TEMPS TO RMN NR THE
NORMS. THE MFD-CAK-YNG CORRIDOR WL ONCE AGAIN SEE THE BRUNT OF
HEAVIER SHRA TNGT THRU SUN AS QPF AMTS APCH 1/2 OR MORE AND LCL AMTS
OVR AN INCH.

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

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-021215-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
622 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY.  A LINE OF STORMS COULD
DEVELOP TO THE WEST LATER TODAY AND THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO AND INTO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE.

IN ADDITION...RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED IN
MANY AREAS.  HEAVY RAINS LATER TODAY COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CHANGE LITTLE ON SUNDAY.  ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR 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.