Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morrow County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sparta, OH | A FEW TREES DOWN AND DIME HAIL. |
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KCLE 181929
SVRCLE
OHC117-182015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0130.120718T1929Z-120718T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
329 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 324 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
CARDINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT GILEAD...
SPARTA...
CHESTERVILLE...
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 4035 8293 4041 8294 4041 8300 4042 8303
4049 8301 4049 8296 4061 8295 4060 8263
4055 8262 4055 8264 4045 8264 4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 284DEG 11KT 4045 8289
$$
SJAMISON2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KCLE 181943
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
OHC117-182015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120718T2015Z/
MORROW OH-
343 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR MORROW COUNTY...
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...OR 8 MILES
SOUTH OF MOUNT GILEAD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MARENGO...SPARTA AND CHESTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 8293 4041 8294 4041 8300 4042 8303
4049 8301 4049 8296 4061 8295 4060 8263
4055 8262 4055 8264 4045 8264 4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 284DEG 11KT 4044 8284
$$
SJAMISON964
WWUS51 KCLE 182003
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
403 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
OHC117-182013-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120718T2015Z/
MORROW OH-
403 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4035 8293 4041 8294 4041 8300 4042 8303
4049 8301 4049 8296 4061 8295 4060 8263
4055 8262 4055 8264 4045 8264 4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 284DEG 11KT 4042 8276
$$
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, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 21 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.