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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 26, 2003Crawford County, Huron County, Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2003, 6:40 PM EDT for Crawford County, Huron County, Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2003, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2003, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, OH, Huron County, OH, Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-573 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 262240
SVRCLE
OHC033-077-101-262330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
640 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF CHATFIELD TO 11 MILES WEST OF BUCYRUS TO 16 MILES WEST OF       
  MORRAL..MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS
  CHATFIELD
  CRESTLINE
  GALION
  MARION
  MORRAL
  NEW WASHINGTON
  PLYMOUTH
  WALDO
  WILLARD

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 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 4068 8342 4070 8310 4098 8311 4099 8284
          4115 8283 4112 8259 4100 8262 4098 8273
          4076 8273 4070 8286 4065 8286 4065 8297
          4056 8297 4046 8307

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 11:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 26, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 26, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 26, 3:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula59 min
Aug 26, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage51 min
Aug 26, 3:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull42 min
Aug 26, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 26, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 26, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 26, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 26, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 26, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 26, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning52 min
Aug 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood76 min
Aug 26, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca, Wyandot53 min
Aug 26, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie44 min
Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland72 min
Aug 26, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow92 min
Aug 26, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland63 min
Aug 26, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion60 min
Aug 26, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne57 min
Aug 26, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox55 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.