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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 17, 2004Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2004, 5:03 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 17, 2004, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

559 
WUUS51 KCLE 172103
SVRCLE
OHC147-172200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
503 PM EDT SAT APR 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW RIEGEL...OR ABOUT 2
  MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOOMVILLE
  NEW RIEGEL
  TIFFIN

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS 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 4124 8336 4101 8340 4102 8286 4125 8288

$$
ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky66 min
Apr 17, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Apr 17, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron67 min
Apr 17, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage65 min
Apr 17, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Apr 17, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain61 min
Apr 17, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage28 min
Apr 17, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron66 min
Apr 17, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland54 min
Apr 17, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Apr 17, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark42 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.