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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2003Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2003, 4:34 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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
Aug 4, 2003, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2003-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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.

490 
WUUS51 KCLE 042034
SVRCLE
OHC173-042130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
433 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTH
  AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BOWLING GREEN
  PERRYSBURG
  WALBRIDGE

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.

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 4127 8383 4121 8361 4133 8342 4162 8358

$$
ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood59 min
Aug 3, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 3, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 4, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood34 min
Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull33 min
Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWood4 hr
Aug 4, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake63 min
Aug 4, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock3 hr
Aug 4, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa58 min
Aug 4, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESeneca4 hr
Aug 4, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
Aug 4, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark26 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage67 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.