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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2003Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

661 
WUUS51 KCLE 080130
SVRCLE
OHC139-080200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
930 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF BUTLER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUTLER
  LUCAS

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 4057 8250 4070 8244 4068 8234 4056 8233

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow41 min
May 7, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox43 min
May 7, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland2 hr
May 7, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes33 min

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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.