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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2012Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:50 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2012, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 6:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Shaker Heights, OH	SEVERAL TREES 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 26, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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

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The text

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

738 
WUUS51 KCLE 262250
SVRCLE
OHC035-055-085-262330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0146.120726T2250Z-120726T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARDON...
  PAINESVILLE...
  EASTLAKE...
  CHESTERLAND...
  SOUTH RUSSELL...
  WILLOUGHBY...
  MENTOR...
  BURTON...
  MIDDLEFIELD...
  PERRY...

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 4135 8100 4135 8159 4128 8156 4128 8165
      4153 8166 4177 8129 4177 8124 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 257DEG 42KT 4149 8149

$$

MULLEN

1 follow-up statement

759 
WWUS51 KCLE 262314
SVSCLE

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

OHC035-262324-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120726T2330Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-
714 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4185 8100 4135 8100 4135 8139 4142 8139
      4144 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139 4157 8148
      4163 8149 4177 8129 4177 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 256DEG 41KT 4155 8113

$$

OHC055-085-262330-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120726T2330Z/
GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
714 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES...

AT 710 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 AQUILLA...OR NEAR
CHARDON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4185 8100 4135 8100 4135 8139 4142 8139
      4144 8138 4145 8139 4157 8139 4157 8148
      4163 8149 4177 8129 4177 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 256DEG 41KT 4155 8113

$$

JMAYERS

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, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	48 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, 7:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	2 hr

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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.