Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ashland County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND
  HAYESVILLE
  LOUDONVILLE
  POLK

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 4090 8240 4098 8223 4089 8213 4068 8213
          4068 8220 4062 8223

$$
ADAMS

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 16, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
215 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

TNGT...PCPN WITH CDFNT. MOST OF THE SIG PCPN MAY FORM JUST S OF THE
LAKESHORE...WL GO LOWER POPS E OF TOL AND W OF ERI. BTR DYNAMICS NW
PA WL KP HI POPS ALG THE LAKESHORE. PCPN SHOULD BE JUST AHD OF
CDFNT. FNT SHOULD BE OUT OF CWA BY 02Z. GUID MINS LOOK OK WRMR ALG
THE LAKESHORE BECAUSE OF NLY FLOW. FOR SUNDAY MODELS TRYING TO HINT
AT SOME LO LVLS MSTR. FLOW NOT TOO CYCLONIC WL GO WITH PTLY CLDY.
BASED ON NEW MRF WL GO WITH PCPN THU NIGHT INTO FRI...OTRW DRY. THIS
SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON LATEST AVN RUN.

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

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
554 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LOMBARDY

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.