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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 5, 2003Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2003, 5:24 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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 5, 2003, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-08-05Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

164 
WUUS51 KCLE 052124
SVRCLE
OHC151-153-052230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
524 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOGADORE...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HARTVILLE
  MOGADORE
  TALLMADGE

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 4098 8129 4089 8143 4101 8158 4119 8138
          4099 8138

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga66 min
Aug 5, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE60 min
Aug 5, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE66 min
Aug 5, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
Aug 5, 4:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas3 hr
Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina4 hr
Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark3 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.