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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 2003Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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 27, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2003, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 366 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2003-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 270423
SVRCLE
OHC035-270530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1223 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  WEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
  LAKEWOOD
  PARMA
  SOLON
  WESTLAKE

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR 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 4157 8157 4154 8138 4135 8138 4135 8158
          4144 8196 4150 8194 4148 8186 4150 8172

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark65 min
Aug 26, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 26, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain51 min
Aug 27, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 27, 1:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga57 min
Aug 27, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit61 min
Aug 27, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage53 min
Aug 27, 2:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit4 hr
Aug 27, 2:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford53 min
Aug 27, 2:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark52 min
Aug 27, 2:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage4 hr
Aug 27, 4:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne46 min
Aug 27, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox44 min
Aug 27, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 27, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 27, 5:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes42 min
Aug 27, 8:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark36 min
Aug 27, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow50 min
Aug 27, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox62 min
Aug 27, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.