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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 2004Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 9:59 PM EDT for Morrow 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: Jun 13, 2004, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 10.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

614 
WUUS51 KCLE 140159
SVRCLE
OHC117-140300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARDINGTON...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES NORTH OF DELAWARE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CARDINGTON
  CHESTERVILLE
  MOUNT GILEAD
  SPARTA

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 4048 8301 4049 8295 4057 8295 4068 8263
          4037 8264 4036 8293 4043 8292 4043 8302

$$

MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 7:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 7:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
715 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE REST OF CWA IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 463
UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS GRADUALLY THINNING OUT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE LOWER 80S. A LINE OF
SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST OHIO OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHILE ACTIVITY OVER KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TRIES TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA AS
WELL. DTX SOUNDING SHOWS A FAIRLY STRONG CAP OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING AND IS POSSIBLY THE REASON ACTIVITY OVER INDIANA HAS BEEN
SLOW TO DEVELOP.

FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WITH A MODERATE
RISK JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO BORDER IN MICHIGAN. MORNING SOUNDING
FROM DTX INDICATES A VEERING PROFILE ALONG WITH SPEED SHEAR AND WILL
HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE AREA.

LATEST RUC INDICATES A -2 LI OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON
BUT COULD DROP EVEN FURTHER WITH THE INCREASING TEMPERATURES THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.  DEW POINTS ARE WELL INTO THE UPPER 60S MOST AREAS
WITH SOME LOWER 70S IN THE EXTREME WEST. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
STARTING TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY OVER INDIANA AS CAP IS STARTING TO
BREAK.  ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO.

I DECIDED TO GO WITH LIKELY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
DUE TO THE ACTIVITY HEADED TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA.  IT APPEARS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUIET DOWN LATE THIS EVENING AS
MOISTURE AND PVA MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.  SO I WILL DROP MENTION
OF PRECIPITATION AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TOMORROW WILL BE QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA.  GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES GOING WITH MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE AREA FOR
HIGHS BUT WILL SHADE BACK A LITTLE BIT TO AT LEAST MIDDLE 80S IN THE
WEST AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S EAST.

VIGOROUS VORT MAX WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES
WHILE A SURFACE COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS
MONDAY.  WILL TAKE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND MENTION A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. CONCERN IS TIMING OF THE FRONT AND
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IF IT DECIDES TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

ONCE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA MONDAY EVENING...AT LEAST ONE DAY OF DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

EXPECTING ANOTHER SYSTEM TO RAPIDLY DIVE DOWN INTO THE FORECAST AREA
WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.

ONCE WEATHER SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...ANOTHER
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY
FOR MORE DRY WEATHER UNTIL YET ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY THEN EXITING SLOWLY BY SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS WILL BE CLOSE TO GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES.  SEE NO STRONG NEED TO DEVIATE MUCH FROM GUIDANCE AT
THIS POINT.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR
LUCAS...WOOD...HANCOCK...SANDUSKY...SENECA...WYANDOT...OTTAWA...
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.
PA...NONE.

&&

DJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 6:33 AM EDT, 15 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
633 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-131232-
ASHLAND OH-ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA-
CRAWFORD OH-CUYAHOGA OH-ERIE OH-GEAUGA OH-HANCOCK OH-HOLMES OH-
HURON OH-KNOX OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-LUCAS OH-MAHONING OH-MARION OH-
MEDINA OH-MORROW OH-NORTHERN ERIE PA-OTTAWA OH-PORTAGE OH-
RICHLAND OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-STARK OH-
SUMMIT OH-TRUMBULL OH-WAYNE OH-WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA...
BOWLING GREEN...BUCYRUS...CANTON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA...
ERIE...FINDLAY...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...JEFFERSON...LORAIN...
MANSFIELD...MARION...MEADVILLE...MEDINA...MILLERSBURG...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON...NORWALK...PAINESVILLE...PORT CLINTON...
RAVENNA...SANDUSKY...TIFFIN...TOLEDO...UPPER SANDUSKY...WARREN...
WOOSTER AND YOUNGSTOWN
633 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A
PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
807 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     HAIL             3 W BUCYRUS             40.80N 83.03W
06/13/2004  1.00 INCH        CRAWFORD           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

FMK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
848 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORWALK                 41.24N 82.61W
06/13/2004                   HURON              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FOUR TO FIVE TREES DOWN.

&&

FMK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
848 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORWALK                 41.24N 82.61W
06/13/2004                   HURON              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FOUR TO FIVE TREES DOWN.

&&

FMK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
859 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W VERMILION           41.41N 82.38W
06/13/2004                   ERIE               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            FOUR TO FIVE TREES DWON.

&&

FMK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:10 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
910 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UPPER SANDUSKY          40.83N 83.28W
06/13/2004                   WYANDOT            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN AND ONE LARGE LIMB DOWN.

&&

FMK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	59 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	55 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	58 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Richland	41 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain	66 min
Jun 13, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	34 min
Jun 13, 8:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland	51 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina	57 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	63 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	4 hr
Jun 13, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	63 min
Jun 13, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	65 min
Jun 13, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	54 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	74 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	66 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	63 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	57 min
Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	60 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion	67 min
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	54 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	63 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	61 min
Jun 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	64 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	59 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	55 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	42 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	65 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	63 min
Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	58 min
Jun 14, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	55 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	61 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		86 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	56 min
Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	59 min
Jun 14, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	67 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	50 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.