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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 2003Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 6:05 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

618 
WUUS51 KCLE 101005
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-101100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 605 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WESTLAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  EAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
  EUCLID
  LAKEWOOD
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE
  PARMA
  STRONGSVILLE
  WESTLAKE

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 4162 8148 4156 8147 4156 8138 4143 8137
          4128 8197 4144 8205 4149 8192 4150 8172

$$

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, 2:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas50 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, 6:10 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.