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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 2005Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2005, 2:50 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
40 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2005-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 201850
SVRCLE
OHC043-201930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0004.050420T1850Z-050420T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CASTALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDUSKY...

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 4147 8283 4145 8276 4147 8274 4147 8267
      4149 8268 4144 8265 4139 8252 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4132 8235 4135 8284 4142 8284
      4143 8291

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 201912
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-201930-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050420T1930Z/
ERIE OH-
312 PM EDT WED APR 20 2005


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR ERIE
COUNTY...


AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HURON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDUSKY...
  SANDUSKY SOUTH...
  FAIRVIEW LANES...

LAT...LON 4147 8283 4145 8276 4147 8274 4147 8267
      4149 8268 4144 8265 4139 8252 4139 8247
      4143 8235 4132 8235 4135 8284 4142 8284
      4143 8291

$$

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, 2:54 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, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina45 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

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.