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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2003, 7:28 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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 16, 2003, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCLE 162328
SVRCLE
OHC075-169-170030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
728 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLMESVILLE...OR ABOUT 8
MILES SOUTH OF WOOSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DOYLESTOWN
GLENMONT
HOLMESVILLE
KILLBUCK
MILLERSBURG
NASHVILLE
ORRVILLE
RITTMAN
WOOSTER
BERLIN
WINESBURG
WALNUT CREEK
FARMERSTOWN
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
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 4066 8221 4068 8200 4078 8212 4098 8189
4098 8165 4092 8165 4091 8156 4067 8191
4066 8165 4045 8167 4045 8217 4057 8217
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 40 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.