Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 3:10 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2012, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 3:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 18, 3:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Canton, OH | BELDEN AND WAYNESBURG DR. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1936 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216
WUUS51 KCLE 181910
SVRCLE
OHC151-182000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0128.120718T1910Z-120718T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
310 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 305 PM 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
CANTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST SPARTA...
WAYNESBURG...
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 4064 8165 4089 8142 4090 8108 4073 8108
4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123 4065 8124
4065 8144 4066 8146 4065 8147 4064 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 306DEG 15KT 4077 8134
$$
SJAMISON2 follow-up statements
085
WWUS51 KCLE 181919
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
319 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
OHC151-182000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120718T2000Z/
STARK OH-
319 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY...
AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR EAST CANTON...OR NEAR CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WAYNESBURG...ROBERTSVILLE AND NEW FRANKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4064 8165 4089 8142 4090 8108 4073 8108
4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123 4065 8124
4065 8144 4066 8146 4065 8147 4064 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 306DEG 15KT 4075 8130
$$
SJAMISON353
WWUS51 KCLE 181946
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
346 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
OHC151-181955-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120718T2000Z/
STARK OH-
346 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4064 8165 4089 8142 4090 8108 4073 8108
4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123 4065 8124
4065 8144 4066 8146 4065 8147 4064 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 306DEG 15KT 4068 8118
$$
SJAMISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 21 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.