Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 6:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KCLE 272230
SVRCLE
OHC093-103-272315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0149.120727T2230Z-120727T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
630 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 627 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
GRAFTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...
MEDINA...
BRUNSWICK...
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 4114 8227 4129 8227 4134 8209 4130 8188
4128 8188 4127 8185 4122 8179 4113 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 270DEG 30KT 4123 8205
$$
KIELTYKA2 follow-up statements
353
WWUS51 KCLE 272243
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
643 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
OHC093-103-272315-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120727T2315Z/
LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
643 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MEDINA AND CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES...
AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...MEDINA
AND BRUNSWICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8227 4129 8227 4134 8209 4130 8188
4128 8188 4127 8185 4122 8179 4113 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 271DEG 29KT 4122 8193
$$
YEAGER211
WWUS51 KCLE 272253
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
653 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
OHC093-103-272303-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120727T2315Z/
LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
653 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEDINA AND CENTRAL
LORAIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4114 8227 4129 8227 4134 8209 4130 8188
4128 8188 4127 8185 4122 8179 4113 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 271DEG 29KT 4122 8182
$$
YEAGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 92 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.