Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 895

August 26, 200345 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 26, 2003, 4:25 PM EDT for 45 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2003, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Williams53 min
Aug 26, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding53 min
Aug 26, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Henry75 min
Aug 26, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXVan Wert69 min
Aug 26, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam72 min
Aug 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood76 min
Aug 26, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMercer58 min
Aug 26, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca, Wyandot53 min
Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAuglaize66 min
Aug 26, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin41 min
Aug 26, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Marion50 min
Aug 26, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen78 min
Aug 26, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie44 min
Aug 26, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby52 min
Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan45 min
Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland72 min
Aug 26, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin33 min
Aug 26, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow92 min
Aug 26, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion41 min
Aug 26, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland63 min
Aug 26, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion60 min
Aug 26, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware42 min
Aug 26, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne57 min
Aug 26, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox55 min
Aug 26, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking55 min
Aug 26, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark65 min
Aug 26, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCoshocton63 min
Aug 26, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum65 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas56 min
Aug 26, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey63 min
Aug 26, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll54 min
Aug 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZHarrison65 min
Aug 26, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont40 min
Aug 26, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson45 min
Aug 26, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio46 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-573 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 14 more63 min
Aug 26, 8:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 12 more2 hr
Aug 26, 9:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Columbiana, Crawford and 35 more5 hr
Aug 26, 11:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 32 more2 hr
Aug 26, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Auglaize, Belmont, Butler, Carroll, Champaign and 39 more5 hr
Aug 26, 2:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe, Noble116 min
Aug 26, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 37 more119 min
Aug 26, 6:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 35 more57 min
Aug 26, 7:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Delaware and 21 more65 min
Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Pendleton5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.