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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 4, 2003Geauga County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 3:07 PM EDT for Geauga County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Geauga County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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
Jul 4, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 041907
SVRCLE
OHC055-155-041945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
307 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BURTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF CHARDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BURTON
  CORTLAND
  MIDDLEFIELD
  WARREN
  WEST FARMINGTON
  BRISTOLVILLE
  NORTH BLOOMFIELD

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
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 4136 8052 4116 8063 4125 8100 4135 8101
          4135 8122 4148 8117 4145 8080

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE59 min
Jul 4, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 4, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 4, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood50 min
Jul 4, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock53 min
Jul 4, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot47 min
Jul 4, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull60 min
Jul 4, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie67 min
Jul 4, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion55 min
Jul 4, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Mahoning, Portage66 min
Jul 4, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland54 min
Jul 4, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain47 min
Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow44 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina57 min
Jul 4, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
Jul 4, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox53 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage66 min
Jul 4, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 4, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark57 min
Jul 4, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull58 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.