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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 2003Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 6:59 AM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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, 6:59 AM EDT (10:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mahoning County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

423 
WUUS51 KCLE 101059
SVRCLE
OHC099-101200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 659 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEBRING...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BOARDMAN
  CANFIELD
  SEBRING

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 4090 8052 4091 8102 4105 8100 4108 8053

$$
KUBINA

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, 6:05 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

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.