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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 2003Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2003, 7:12 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 20, 2003, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
Apr 20, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2003-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 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.

127 
WUUS51 KCLE 202312
SVRCLE
OHC005-139-210000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
711 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...OR ABOUT 8  
  MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM 
  WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MANSFIELD AND ALSO MOVING EAST

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

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 4095 8264 4102 8217 4082 8213 4078 8261

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE87 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot63 min
Apr 20, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca53 min
Apr 20, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Sandusky64 min
Apr 20, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca30 min
Apr 20, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa42 min
Apr 20, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie54 min
Apr 20, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 20, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 20, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 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.