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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2004Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2004, 3:07 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 21, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2004-05-21Temperature 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 2004-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 211907
SVRCLE
OHC043-212000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF
  SANDUSKY TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASTALIA TO 39 MILES WEST OF     
  CASTALIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CASTALIA
  MILAN
  SANDUSKY

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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 4148 8281 4146 8266 4139 8252 4139 8244
          4143 8237 4129 8235 4129 8284 4143 8284
          4143 8290

$$

GG

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, 4:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes54 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, 3:16 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

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.