Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 1:29 AM EDT for Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2003, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 270529 SVRCLE OHC103-153-270630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 129 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 230 AM EDT * AT 129 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF CUYAHOGA FALLS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... AKRON CUYAHOGA FALLS HUDSON TALLMADGE 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. 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 4126 8138 4106 8138 4108 8179 4126 8179 $$ LOMBARDY
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 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 51 min |
| 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, 1:52 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
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.