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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2003, 6:18 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 20, 2003, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195
WUUS51 KCLE 202218
SVRCLE
OHC123-202300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
618 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF OAK HARBOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
WEST OF PORT CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
OAK HARBOR
PORT CLINTON
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4158 8319 4160 8307 4151 8292 4156 8286
4158 8286 4159 8283 4154 8278 4155 8272
4152 8274 4149 8283 4149 8296
$$
ADAMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 87 min | |
| Apr 20, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Sandusky | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 20, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 20, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min |
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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.