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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 2004Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2004, 5:50 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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 14, 2004, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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
Jun 14, 10:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2004-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2004-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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.

211 
WUUS51 KCLE 142150
SVRCLE
OHC133-142245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WEST OF KENT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  KENT
  RAVENNA

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4104 8137 4123 8137 4124 8121 4125 8109
          4125 8101 4104 8100

$$

GG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot59 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland55 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron58 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland41 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain66 min
Jun 13, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie34 min
Jun 13, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland51 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina57 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland63 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Richland4 hr
Jun 13, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
Jun 13, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow61 min
Jun 13, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne65 min
Jun 13, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox54 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood74 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock66 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky63 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca57 min
Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot60 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Marion67 min
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland54 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain63 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland61 min
Jun 14, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow64 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina59 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga55 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne42 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake65 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox58 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula61 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes56 min
Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jun 14, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning50 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.