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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 2004Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2004, 3:19 PM EDT for Wood 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
Aug 27, 2004, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2004-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1956 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 2004-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1956 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 271919
SVRCLE
OHC173-272015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
319 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 315 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 6 MILES
  WEST OF NORTH BALTIMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH BALTIMORE

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 4125 8386 4130 8352 4131 8351 4131 8344
      4131 8342 4117 8343 4116 8381 4117 8382
      4117 8387

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE55 min
Aug 27, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas67 min
Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake61 min
Aug 27, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull60 min
Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning60 min

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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.