Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 7:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 7:19 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ene Genoa, OH | |
| Jul 4, 7:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oak Harbor, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KCLE 042309
SVRCLE
OHC043-095-123-143-050000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0104.120704T2309Z-120705T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
709 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
NORTHEASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE JUST WEST OF THE ISLANDS. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...
SANDUSKY...
CLYDE...
GIBSONBURG...
OAK HARBOR...
PUT-IN-BAY...
CASTALIA...
KELLEYS ISLAND...
BELLEVUE...
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 4162 8341 4171 8332 4163 8314 4175 8311
4175 8310 4163 8314 4153 8290 4173 8281
4168 8277 4158 8282 4155 8278 4163 8272
4151 8271 4144 8262 4127 8285 4139 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 310DEG 17KT 4163 8312
$$
ADAMS1 follow-up statement
773
WWUS51 KCLE 042342
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
OHC043-095-123-143-050000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120705T0000Z/
LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-ERIE OH-
742 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND NORTHEASTERN
SANDUSKY...OTTAWA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO...
AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PORT CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...PORT
CLINTON...BAY VIEW...CASTALIA AND SANDUSKY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4170 8332 4163 8317 4175 8310 4163 8316
4152 8292 4160 8282 4163 8286 4173 8281
4167 8277 4158 8282 4155 8278 4155 8274
4162 8272 4151 8271 4144 8263 4127 8285
4137 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 310DEG 17KT 4153 8298
$$
ADAMSThe 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, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 63 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, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Wood, Wyandot | 48 min |
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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.