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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 2004Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2004, 7:50 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2004-05-17Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2004-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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.

870 
WUUS51 KCLE 172350
SVRCLE
OHC075-180015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WINESBURG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF
  DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WINESBURG
  WALNUT CREEK

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
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 4060 8184 4066 8175 4066 8165 4063 8165
          4055 8166 4046 8167

$$

LOMBARDY

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, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa45 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, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark65 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.