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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 26, 2003Ashland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2003, 7:27 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ashland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2003-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 262327
SVRCLE
OHC005-270030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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 4102 8243 4098 8213 4068 8213 4068 8220
          4061 8226 4067 8232 4073 8232 4073 8238
          4081 8240

$$

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, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Marion50 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, 7:30 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.