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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 2003Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 2:55 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 10, 2003, 2:55 AM EDT (06:55 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 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 9, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 100655
SVRCLE
OHC095-100745-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLAND...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLLAND
  OREGON
  SYLVANIA
  TOLEDO

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 4162 8387 4172 8386 4172 8346 4171 8333
          4163 8332 4162 8357 4157 8361 4154 8369
          4153 8387

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
May 9, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
May 9, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
May 9, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
May 9, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood61 min
May 10, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga67 min
May 10, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
May 10, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga54 min
May 10, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca32 min
May 10, 1:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit54 min
May 10, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron45 min
May 10, 2:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull28 min
May 10, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning60 min
May 10, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage26 min
May 10, 3:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood28 min
May 10, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 10, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 10, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 10, 5:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes54 min
May 10, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain55 min
May 10, 6:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit65 min
May 10, 6:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage43 min
May 10, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning61 min

Nearby

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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.