Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 12:12 AM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 4, 2012, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:50 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Atwater, 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846
WUUS51 KCLE 040412
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-153-040515-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0102.120704T0412Z-120704T0515Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1212 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
EASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 1206 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
TALLMADGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALLMADGE...
KENT...
MOGADORE...
ALLIANCE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4112 8157 4124 8146 4098 8109 4085 8108
4084 8108 4084 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 299DEG 21KT 4115 8144
$$
LOMBARDY1 follow-up statement
531
WWUS51 KCLE 040438
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1238 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
OHC153-040448-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120704T0515Z/
SUMMIT OH-
1238 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4102 8140 4109 8139 4114 8132 4098 8109
4084 8108 4084 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 299DEG 21KT 4108 8126
$$
OHC133-151-040515-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120704T0515Z/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-
1238 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES...
AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BRIMFIELD...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAVENNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
LIMAVILLE AND ALLIANCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4102 8140 4109 8139 4114 8132 4098 8109
4084 8108 4084 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 299DEG 21KT 4108 8126
$$
YEAGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 12:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Jul 4, 9:53 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 11 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Jul 4, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Wood, Wyandot | 48 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.