Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

May 10, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 2003, 1:30 AM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS51 KCLE 100428
SVRCLE
OHC035-100530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1223 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LORAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
  LAKEWOOD
  PARMA

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 4159 8157 4153 8138 4131 8157 4149 8196
          4150 8172

$$

RESENT WARNING.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 10:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1005 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003

ACTIVITY DVLPG ALG AXIS OF HIGHER THETA E AND INSTABILITY ACRS IL
AND INDIANA. SW/V COMING OUT OF SW STATES SHUD PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
CONTINUED DVLPMNT OVNGT IN EHNACED LOW LVL JET. REINFORCING PUSH OF
DRIER CANADIAN AIR HAS SLIPPED DOWN LAKESHORE TO ABT OH BORDER AND
DEWPOINTS RANGE FM 39F AT ERIE TO 70F AT MNN AND FDY. SOURCE OF NEW
DVLMNT WL CONT TO BE TO OUR WEST AND SHOWERS/STORMS WL TURN TO SE
WITH UPR FLOW AND MAY MISS NW PA FOR MOST OF THE NGT. ANY THREAT OF
SVR WX OVNGT SHUD BE CONFINED TO AREAS NR WRMFNT ACRS NW OH TWRD MNN
AND MT VERNON AND DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS A BIG THREAT. WL REMOVE
SEVERE WORDING FM CLE EAST. MORE WORRIED ABT FLOODING AS GROUND IS
QUITE MOIST ALREADY. WL CONT WITH FLOOD WATCH FDY TO MFD AND EXPAND
WATCH NORTH TO TOL AND NORWALK. WL USE CATEGORICAL POPS FDY TO MFD
AND LIKELY TOL. CHC NW PA AND WL LWR MIN TEMPS NW PA. NO OTHER
CHANGES OTHER THAN TO MENTION WINDY SUNDAY. UPDATE ABT 1020 PM.

.CLE...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NW AND N CNTRL OHIO THRU SAT AFTRN.
OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047.
PA...NONE.

KOSARIK

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-091200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
559 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO
AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY.  LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A SECOND
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTH INTO THE AREA.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY.  A FEW OF
THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY OR TONIGHT.

KUBINA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.