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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 2004Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2004, 4:09 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2004, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
36 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 
WFUS51 KCLE 172009
TORCLE
OHC123-172045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
408 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 408 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTH
  OF PORT CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  THE ISLANDS INCLUING PUT-IN-BAY

TAKE SHELTER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4155 8288 4159 8284 4155 8279 4154 8271
          4150 8271 4149 8296 4146 8299 4146 8333
          4150 8333 4150 8340 4162 8341 4162 8312
          4156 8301

$$
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, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa45 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.