Alert archive / Ohio / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freeze warning at Apr 28, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; 21 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 29, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 8:53 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
All 23 counties
Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WWUS71 KCLE 281958 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 358 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 OHZ003-006>011-013-014-018>023-028>031-033-PAZ002-003-290400- /O.UPG.KCLE.FZ.A.0006.120429T0400Z-120429T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.120429T0400Z-120429T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...CHARDON...JEFFERSON... TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...YOUNGSTOWN...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 358 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
971 WWUS71 KCLE 290142 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 942 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 OHZ003-006>011-013-014-018>023-028>031-033-PAZ002-003-290945- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.120429T0400Z-120429T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...CHARDON...JEFFERSON... TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...YOUNGSTOWN...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 942 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
752 WWUS71 KCLE 290855 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 455 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-291300- /O.EXA.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1300Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...ASHTABULA...ERIE 455 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ PAZ002-003-291700- /O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.A.0007.120430T0400Z-120430T1300Z/ /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1300Z/ SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 455 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ OHZ003-006>011-013-014-018>023-028>031-033-291300- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-MAHONING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...CHARDON...JEFFERSON... TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...YOUNGSTOWN 455 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
747 WWUS71 KCLE 291253 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 853 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 PAZ002-003-292100- /O.CAN.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1300Z/ /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.A.0007.120430T0400Z-120430T1300Z/ SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 853 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ OHZ003-006>014-018>023-028>031-033-089-PAZ001-291400- /O.CAN.KCLE.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-MAHONING-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA... WARREN...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...YOUNGSTOWN... ASHTABULA...ERIE 853 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:23 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 12 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2012Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.