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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 11, 2004Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
May 11, 2004, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1047 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1047 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 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.

515 
WUUS51 KCLE 112126
SVRCLE
OHC101-112230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
525 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LA RUE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF        
  KENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS WEST OF     
  CALEDONIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LA RUE
  MORRAL
  CALEDONIA

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 4068 8342 4068 8331 4069 8330 4070 8306
          4050 8335 4050 8341

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
May 11, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
May 11, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina64 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.