Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2003, 11:39 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2003, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 270339 SVRCLE OHC093-270430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1139 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 1139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER AVON LAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... AVON LAKE 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 4152 8200 4140 8197 4143 8215 4148 8215 $$ LOMBARDY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 920 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 UPDATING TO DROP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND TO REDUCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. FRONT IS STILL TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP WITH THE FRONT. MCS DID A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND HELPED TO STABILIZE THE AIR MASS. HOWEVER...WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING MORE UNSTABLE AIR BACK INTO THE AREA AND THIS SHOULD HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVITY WITH THE FRONT. ZONES WILL BE OUT IN A FEW MINUTES. CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. LOMBARDY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 6:48 AM EDT, 16 hours 51 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261245- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 648 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 8:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
840 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM CONGRESS OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 WAYNE LARGE LIMB DOWN
0815 PM WOOSTER OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 WAYNE LARGE LIMB DOWN
BMLocal storm report, Aug 26, 9:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
901 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 ASHLAND SEVERAL TREES DOWN
BMLocal storm report, Aug 26, 9:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
916 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM MT VERNON OH 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/26/03 KNOX MEASURED
0810 PM MT VERNON OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 KNOX SHINGLES OFF ROOF AND STOP
LIGHTS DOWN
BMSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 9:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ003-006>010-017>022-027>033-036>038-047-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 928 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 895 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOMBARDY
Local storm report, Aug 26, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
1019 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 KNOX OVER 100 TREES KNOCKED
DOWN ACROSS COUNTY AND SOME
MAJOR HIGHWAYS BLOCKED.
0815 PM STILLWELL OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 HOLMES ONE TREE DOWN.
0815 PM KILLBUCK OH WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 HOLMES ONE TREE DOWN.
FMKSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 11:10 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PAZ001>003-270415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1110 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. AT 1110 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING LAKE ERIE NORTH OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE ERIE COUNTY SHORELINE AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS MAY OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR WARNINGS. KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Aug 27, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 1:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 2:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Summit | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 2:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 27, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 27, 5:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 30 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.