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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2012Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 1:12 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2012, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 13.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

296 
WUUS51 KCLE 261712
SVRCLE
OHC133-153-261800-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0133.120726T1712Z-120726T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
112 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 108 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
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAVENNA...
  STREETSBORO...
  MANTUA...
  GARRETTSVILLE...

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 4091 8165 4098 8165 4099 8169 4127 8168
      4128 8156 4133 8159 4135 8159 4134 8100
      4099 8100 4099 8141 4091 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 266DEG 38KT 4116 8143

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

209 
WWUS51 KCLE 261743
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
143 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

OHC133-153-261800-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120726T1800Z/
PORTAGE OH-SUMMIT OH-
143 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES...

AT 137 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 WINDHAM...OR 9 MILES EAST OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4098 8165 4099 8169 4111 8169 4115 8139
      4135 8138 4134 8100 4099 8101 4099 8141
      4091 8143 4092 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 266DEG 38KT 4118 8101

$$

MITCHELL

411 
WWUS51 KCLE 261805
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
205 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

OHC133-153-261815-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120726T1800Z/
PORTAGE OH-SUMMIT OH-
205 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 200 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4098 8165 4099 8169 4111 8169 4115 8139
      4135 8138 4134 8100 4099 8101 4099 8141
      4091 8143 4092 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 266DEG 38KT 4118 8099

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 10:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		22 hr
Jul 26, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		110 min
Jul 26, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	45 min
Jul 26, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	60 min
Jul 26, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	24 min
Jul 26, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	52 min
Jul 26, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	47 min
Jul 26, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	47 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	50 min
Jul 26, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	52 min
Jul 26, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	44 min
Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	41 min
Jul 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Jul 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Medina, Summit	3 hr
Jul 26, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	36 min
Jul 26, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	37 min
Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	35 min
Jul 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		52 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	40 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.