Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 678
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 2003, 3:20 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2003, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2003, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties
Monroe County, MI, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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.
Warnings issued inside it
53 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 72 min |
| Jul 8, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Morrow, Richland | 79 min |
| Jul 8, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 4:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 4:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 4:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 4:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Lorain, Medina, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Pickaway | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 5:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 5:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 6:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Lawrence | 68 min |
| Jul 8, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 6:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 74 min |
| Jul 8, 6:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 6:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 7:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berrien | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 85 min |
| Jul 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monroe | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 11:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 14 more | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 14 more | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berrien | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Athens, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 36 more | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 50 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark and 44 more | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 21 more | 114 min |
| Jul 8, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 17 more | 95 min |
| Jul 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 36 more | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry and 9 more | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 4:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 23 more | 88 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 34 more | 115 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign and 32 more | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Westmoreland | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 6 more | 58 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.