Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 2:39 PM EDT for Huron County, Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
- Jul 4, 2003, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Huron County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCLE 041839 SVRCLE OHC099-133-041945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 239 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BOARDMAN CAMPBELL CANFIELD RAVENNA YOUNGSTOWN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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 4117 8126 4101 8119 4093 8061 4109 8059 $$ ADAMS
1 follow-up statement
000
WUUS51 KCLE 041839 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC077-041945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF NORWALK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
NEW LONDON
NORWALK
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.
LAT...LON 4128 8284 4128 8257 4122 8234 4106 8234
4106 8243 4101 8244 4114 8283
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 59 min | |
| Jul 4, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 110 min | |
| Jul 4, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 110 min | |
| Jul 4, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Trumbull | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 58 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.