Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 20, 2003Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2003, 7:20 PM EST for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 20, 2003, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2003, 8:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2003-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2003-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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.

399 
WUUS51 KCLE 210020
SVRCLE
OHC143-210100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
720 PM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 720 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBSONBURG...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLYDE
  FREMONT
  GIBSONBURG
  GREEN SPRINGS

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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 4143 8341 4142 8288 4126 8289 4125 8341

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 7:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wood33 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.