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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 15, 2012Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 9:52 AM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 15, 2012, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2012, 10:09 AM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2007 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2007 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

651 
WUUS51 KCLE 151352
SVRCLE
OHC173-151430-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0016.120315T1352Z-120315T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
952 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 946 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF NORTH BALTIMORE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY

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 4138 8373 4132 8342 4117 8342 4116 8358
      4117 8368 4121 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 288DEG 21KT 4126 8365

$$

SJAMISON
1 follow-up statement
185 
WWUS51 KCLE 151409
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1009 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

OHC173-151417-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120315T1430Z/
WOOD OH-
1009 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4138 8373 4132 8342 4117 8342 4116 8358
      4117 8368 4121 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 288DEG 21KT 4123 8353

$$

SJAMISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 3:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock50 min
Mar 15, 3:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa44 min
Mar 15, 3:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky43 min
Mar 15, 4:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland54 min
Mar 15, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron50 min
Mar 15, 4:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
Mar 15, 5:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina73 min
Mar 15, 5:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox44 min
Mar 15, 6:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Knox, Richland4 hr
Mar 15, 7:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland6 hr
Mar 15, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE83 min
Mar 15, 8:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot38 min
Mar 15, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne29 min
Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Mar 15, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas25 min
Mar 15, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.