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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 2004Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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
May 17, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2004-05-17Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 171900
SVRCLE
OHC123-171945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
300 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF ELMORE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FREMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ELMORE
  OAK HARBOR

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 4158 8286 4157 8303 4153 8300 4146 8318
          4146 8330 4158 8339 4162 8332 4162 8312
          4160 8308

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
May 17, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
May 17, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas35 min
May 17, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa36 min
May 17, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE61 min
May 17, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca43 min
May 17, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland44 min
May 17, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 17, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca60 min
May 17, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron44 min
May 17, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky27 min
May 17, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie36 min
May 17, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland51 min
May 17, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
May 17, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
May 17, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina40 min
May 17, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
May 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 17, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 17, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake57 min
May 17, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit58 min
May 17, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga43 min
May 17, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes25 min
May 17, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark65 min

Nearby

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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.