Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 6:33 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 21 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, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 6:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Sparta, OH | A FEW LIMBS 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.
| 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
168
WUUS51 KCLE 182233
SVRCLE
OHC151-182315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0131.120718T2233Z-120718T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
633 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 630 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
EAST SPARTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 4066 8145 4066 8148 4084 8147 4083 8108
4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
4065 8124 4065 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 273DEG 12KT 4069 8135
$$
KING1 follow-up statement
761
WWUS51 KCLE 182254
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
654 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
OHC151-182304-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-120718T2315Z/
STARK OH-
654 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO.
LAT...LON 4066 8145 4066 8148 4084 8147 4083 8108
4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
4065 8124 4065 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 273DEG 12KT 4069 8126
$$
KINGThe 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, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 34 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.