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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 24, 2004Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2004, 6:04 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 24, 2004, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2004, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 24, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2004-06-24Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2004-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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.

974 
WUUS51 KCLE 242204
SVRCLE
OHC153-242300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
603 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...   CUYAHOGA
  FALLS
  HUDSON
  TALLMADGE

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 4129 8138 4110 8138 4110 8144 4111 8145
      4111 8152 4112 8154 4129 8153 4129 8153

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot67 min
Jun 24, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford66 min
Jun 24, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron54 min
Jun 24, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage53 min
Jun 24, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion57 min
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland66 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland61 min
Jun 24, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Jun 24, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
Jun 24, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull57 min
Jun 24, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne67 min
Jun 24, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes62 min
Jun 24, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit66 min
Jun 24, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark50 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull28 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.