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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 2003Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2003, 3:29 PM EDT for Summit 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
Jul 7, 2003, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 7, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

814 
WFUS51 KCLE 071929
TORCLE
OHC153-072030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 330 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MACEDONIA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF AKRON...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CUYAHOGA FALLS
  HUDSON
  MACEDONIA
  TWINSBURG

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 4135 8139 4114 8138 4120 8166 4127 8164
          4127 8156 4135 8158

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 7, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 7, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 7, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood65 min
Jul 7, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock67 min
Jul 7, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky56 min
Jul 7, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron49 min
Jul 7, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca42 min
Jul 7, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot62 min
Jul 7, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit66 min
Jul 7, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain47 min
Jul 7, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion54 min
Jul 7, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage32 min
Jul 7, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga45 min
Jul 7, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron40 min
Jul 7, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland63 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning66 min
Jul 7, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina48 min
Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain28 min
Jul 7, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland41 min
Jul 7, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage43 min
Jul 7, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox51 min
Jul 7, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne66 min
Jul 7, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark58 min
Jul 7, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina17 min
Jul 7, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Summit61 min
Jul 7, 4:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Portage3 hr

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.