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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 1, 2003Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2003, 6:27 PM EDT for Summit 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
May 1, 2003, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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.

328 
WUUS51 KCLE 012227
SVRCLE
OHC153-012315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACEDONIA...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES NORTH OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CUYAHOGA FALLS
  HUDSON
  MACEDONIA
  TWINSBURG

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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 4135 8138 4121 8138 4116 8156 4127 8162
          4127 8156 4135 8158

$$

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, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford60 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.