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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 5, 2012Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 6:53 AM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 5, 2012, 6:53 AM EDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 7:36 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Norwalk, OHTREE DOWN NEAR ZENOBIA AD VESTA ROADS.
Jul 5, 7:15 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Wakeman, OHLARGE LIMB DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4748 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

033 
WUUS51 KCLE 051053
SVRCLE
OHC077-051200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0117.120705T1053Z-120705T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
653 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 650 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   
WAKEMAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FITCHVILLE...
  WAKEMAN...
  WILLARD...
  PLYMOUTH...
  NEW LONDON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE 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 4100 8283 4129 8284 4128 8235 4106 8233
      4106 8243 4100 8244 4099 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 320DEG 18KT 4126 8247

$$

KOSARIK
1 follow-up statement
331 
WWUS51 KCLE 051136
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
736 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

OHC077-051146-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-120705T1200Z/
HURON OH-
736 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HURON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4100 8283 4129 8284 4128 8235 4106 8233
      4106 8243 4100 8244 4099 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 320DEG 18KT 4109 8229

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca49 min
Jul 4, 8:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky106 min
Jul 4, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Marion, Wyandot70 min
Jul 4, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland82 min
Jul 4, 9:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Marion, Wyandot102 min
Jul 4, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Trumbull55 min
Jul 4, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Portage, Summit59 min
Jul 4, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox55 min
Jul 4, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark63 min
Jul 4, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox29 min
Jul 5, 3:45 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEAshland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 18 more15 hr
Jul 5, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jul 5, 6:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky69 min
Jul 5, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake54 min
Jul 5, 6:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina, Summit79 min
Jul 5, 6:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Jul 5, 7:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne51 min
Jul 5, 7:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage63 min
Jul 5, 8:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMorrow3 hr
Jul 5, 8:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow6 hr
Jul 5, 8:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Knox, Richland5 hr
Jul 5, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood56 min
Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 15 more30 hr
Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage and 1 more30 hr
Jul 5, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot59 min
Jul 5, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion30 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.