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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 2005Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT for Medina 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
Apr 20, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
Apr 20, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2005-04-20Temperature 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 2005-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
1809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-62 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 202045
SVRCLE
OHC103-202130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0013.050420T2045Z-050420T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 PM EDT WED APR 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES      
  NORTHEAST OF WADSWORTH TO 7 MILES WEST OF LODI...AND MOVING        
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING 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 4117 8168 4104 8168 4103 8169 4099 8169
      4099 8214 4100 8217 4109 8217 4115 8176
      4117 8171

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 202128
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
528 PM EDT WED APR 20 2005

OHC103-202138-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050420T2130Z/
MEDINA OH-
528 PM EDT WED APR 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEDINA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4117 8168 4104 8168 4103 8169 4099 8169
      4099 8214 4100 8217 4109 8217 4115 8176
      4117 8171

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 20, 9:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron28 min
Apr 20, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain34 min
Apr 20, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 min
Apr 20, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie40 min
Apr 20, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky51 min
Apr 20, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie31 min
Apr 20, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga50 min
Apr 20, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Apr 20, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina38 min
Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage47 min
Apr 20, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit53 min
Apr 20, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull66 min
Apr 20, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning54 min
Apr 20, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot65 min
Apr 20, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark61 min
Apr 20, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron49 min
Apr 20, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford55 min
Apr 20, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Apr 20, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Apr 20, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca65 min
Apr 20, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock57 min
Apr 20, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Apr 20, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland62 min

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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.