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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 1, 2003Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
May 1, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
May 1, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 354 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 012130
SVRCLE
OHC033-012230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
531 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCYRUS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS
  CHATFIELD
  NEW WASHINGTON

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS 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 4086 8310 4099 8296 4098 8273 4085 8273
          4071 8295 4070 8306 4074 8310

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky43 min
May 1, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron67 min
May 1, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull56 min
May 1, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina53 min
May 1, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland60 min
May 1, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion40 min
May 1, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland52 min
May 1, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit48 min
May 1, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion53 min
May 1, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford55 min
May 1, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull48 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.