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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 4, 2003Marion County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2003, 8:41 PM EST for Marion County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 4, 2003, 8:41 PM EST (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2003, 9:15 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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
Apr 4, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

883 
WUUS51 KCLE 050141
SVRCLE
OHC101-175-050215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
841 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 841 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA RUE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  EAST OF KENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LA RUE
  MARSEILLES
  MORRAL

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 4071 8348 4085 8311 4070 8311 4070 8294
          4053 8341

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock37 min
Apr 4, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca37 min
Apr 4, 9:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky24 min
Apr 4, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford34 min
Apr 4, 9:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland28 min
Apr 4, 9:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain23 min
Apr 4, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood44 min
Apr 4, 9:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky41 min
Apr 4, 9:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland34 min
Apr 4, 9:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne43 min
Apr 4, 10:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca49 min
Apr 4, 11:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Summit50 min
Apr 5, 12:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull40 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.