Alert archive / Ohio / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freeze warning at Apr 26, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT for Hancock County, Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 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 26, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WWUS71 KCLE 261919 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 319 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 OHZ003-006-017-270330- /O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.W.0008.120427T0800Z-120427T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY 319 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER 4 AM THROUGH DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED 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. && $$ KIELTYKA
2 follow-up statements
721 WWUS71 KCLE 270120 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 920 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 OHZ003-006-017-270930- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0008.120427T0800Z-120427T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY 920 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * TIMING...AFTER 4 AM THROUGH DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
990 WWUS71 KCLE 270805 NPWCLE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 405 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 OHZ003-006-017-271300- /O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120427T1300Z/ LUCAS-WOOD-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY 405 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT JUST BEFORE SUNRISE AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ OHZ014-023-033-PAZ002-003-271615- /O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.A.0005.120428T0500Z-120428T1300Z/ ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...WARREN...YOUNGSTOWN... EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 405 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL TO NEAR 30 DEGREES IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH WINDS DROPPING TO NEAR CALM. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 40 hr |
Nearby
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.