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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 12, 2006Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2006, 6:18 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2006, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.755 N Fairlawn, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2006-04-12Temperature 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 2006-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCLE 122218
SVRCLE
OHC153-122300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0021.060412T2218Z-060412T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
618 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACEDONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE TWINSBURG AND HUDSON.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 4120 8138 4117 8154 4117 8159 4116 8167
      4127 8167 4127 8155 4128 8154 4134 8158
      4134 8138

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 122250
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
647 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006

OHC153-122300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T2300Z/
SUMMIT OH-
647 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SUMMIT COUNTY...


AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF HUDSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF PENNY SIZE IN BATH TOWNSHIP...CUYAHOGA 
FALLS AND STOW. 



LAT...LON 4120 8138 4117 8154 4117 8159 4116 8167
      4127 8167 4127 8155 4128 8154 4134 8158
      4134 8138

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 122303
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
703 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006

OHC153-122313-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T2300Z/
SUMMIT OH-
703 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006


...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMMIT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.



LAT...LON 4120 8138 4117 8154 4117 8159 4116 8167
      4127 8167 4127 8155 4128 8154 4134 8158
      4134 8138

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 12, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Apr 12, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake64 min
Apr 12, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina64 min
Apr 12, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula43 min
Apr 12, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Apr 12, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull63 min
Apr 12, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland40 min
Apr 12, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning64 min
Apr 12, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.