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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2004Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2004, 4:06 AM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 21, 2004, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2004-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 210806
SVRCLE
OHC075-210900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
406 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 406 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLMESVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF WOOSTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 65 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLMESVILLE
  MILLERSBURG
  BERLIN
  WALNUT CREEK
  FARMERSTOWN

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

FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH 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 4055 8193 4066 8198 4066 8174 4055 8167
          4045 8167 4045 8190

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 20, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 20, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE3 hr
May 21, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake57 min
May 21, 2:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit64 min
May 21, 2:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain54 min
May 21, 3:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot2 hr
May 21, 3:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain, Medina, Summit3 hr
May 21, 3:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
May 21, 3:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
May 21, 4:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
May 21, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas58 min
May 21, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood79 min
May 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca65 min
May 21, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie53 min
May 21, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot59 min
May 21, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron53 min
May 21, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock3 hr
May 21, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 21, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain62 min
May 21, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina62 min
May 21, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion61 min
May 21, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland59 min
May 21, 3:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot3 hr
May 21, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland61 min
May 21, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox57 min
May 21, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina4 hr
May 21, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit, Wayne54 min
May 21, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland38 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake64 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox64 min
May 21, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage57 min
May 21, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Stark67 min
May 21, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull65 min
May 21, 4:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Marion, Morrow4 hr
May 21, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland4 hr
May 21, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull26 min
May 21, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula33 min
May 21, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula4 hr

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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.