Alert archive / Ohio / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freeze warning at Oct 12, 2012, 3:06 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 13, 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
- Oct 12, 2012, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
005 WWUS71 KCLE 121906 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 306 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 .HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT. OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-002-130315- /O.UPG.KCLE.FZ.A.0009.121013T0400Z-121013T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.W.0013.121013T0400Z-121013T1300Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...PORT CLINTON...SANDUSKY... LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO 306 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED PLANTS WILL BE HARMED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FROST/FREEZE HEADLINE OF THE SEASON. && $$
3 follow-up statements
210 WWUS71 KCLE 130232 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1032 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 .HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT. OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-002-131045- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0013.121013T0400Z-121013T1300Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...PORT CLINTON...SANDUSKY... LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO 1032 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED PLANTS WILL BE HARMED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FROST/FREEZE HEADLINE OF THE SEASON. && $$
676 WWUS71 KCLE 130748 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 348 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 .CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOW 30S THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH SUNRISE. OHZ003-007-009-130900- /O.CAN.KCLE.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121013T1300Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...PORT CLINTON...SANDUSKY 348 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS MORNING AND THE THREAT OF A FREEZE HAS ENDED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-002-131300- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121013T1300Z/ LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR... ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO 348 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. * TIMING...AREAS OF FROST WILL REMAIN THROUGH SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED PLANTS WILL BE HARMED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FROST/FREEZE HEADLINE OF THE SEASON. && $$
092 WWUS71 KCLE 131307 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 907 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-002-131415- /O.EXP.KCLE.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121013T1300Z/ LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR... ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO 907 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. MOST AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED A FREEZE RECENTLY...THEREFORE THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER FROST OR FREEZE HEADLINES THIS SEASON. WE WILL RESUME AGAIN IN THE SPRING. $$ OUDEMAN
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.