Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2012, 10:43 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 4, 2012, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WUUS51 KCLE 050243
SVRCLE
OHC033-043-077-050345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0155.120805T0243Z-120805T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1043 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASTALIA
TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLARD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCYRUS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANDUSKY...
NORWALK...
FITCHVILLE...
NEW WASHINGTON...
WILLARD...
CASTALIA...
PLYMOUTH...
GALION...
PLYMOUTH...
CRESTLINE...
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 4100 8302 4100 8283 4145 8285 4154 8277
4148 8280 4148 8269 4157 8269 4160 8274
4161 8267 4151 8269 4142 8259 4139 8247
4143 8235 4107 8234 4106 8243 4100 8244
4099 8272 4071 8273 4070 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 265DEG 32KT 4150 8301 4116 8283
4072 8299
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
467
WWUS51 KCLE 050329
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1129 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
OHC033-043-077-050345-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-120805T0345Z/
CRAWFORD OH-HURON OH-ERIE OH-
1129 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE...EASTERN HURON AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 1125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BERLIN HEIGHTS TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WAKEMAN TO 13 MILES EAST OF CRESTLINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE....
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8273 4117 8259 4140 8255 4138 8249
4143 8235 4107 8234 4106 8243 4100 8244
4099 8272 4071 8273 4070 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 265DEG 32KT 4154 8247 4120 8229
4076 8245
$$
LOMBARDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Aug 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 71 min |
| Aug 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 4, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot | 71 min |
| Aug 4, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Medina | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 100 min | |
| Aug 4, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 18 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.