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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 22, 2004Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
May 22, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2004, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2004-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2004-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

605 
WUUS51 KCLE 220500
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-220600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
100 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER AVON LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LORAIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  AVON LAKE
  EUCLID
  LAKEWOOD
  WESTLAKE

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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 4157 8148 4156 8141 4152 8158 4148 8174
          4143 8190 4140 8208 4147 8211 4152 8201
          4149 8185 4150 8182 4149 8175 4152 8166
          4161 8150

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
May 22, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
May 22, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark41 min
May 22, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit61 min
May 22, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage54 min
May 22, 1:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit4 hr
May 22, 2:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina4 hr
May 22, 2:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage4 hr
May 22, 3:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning4 hr
May 22, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.