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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 8, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ashtabula County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Jefferson, OH | 1 TREE DOWN SOUTH OF JEFFERSON |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004 WUUS51 KCLE 081929 SVRCLE OHC007-082000- /O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0160.120808T1929Z-120808T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 329 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 323 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 JEFFERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANDOVER... 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 4177 8052 4150 8052 4150 8100 4173 8088 TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 264DEG 23KT 4167 8074 $$ MULLEN
2 follow-up statements
967 WWUS51 KCLE 081945 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 OHC007-082000- /O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-120808T2000Z/ ASHTABULA OH- 345 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY... AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDOVER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...ANDOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4171 8052 4150 8052 4150 8091 4171 8082 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 282DEG 21KT 4163 8063 $$ MULLEN
996 WWUS51 KCLE 082000 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 400 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 OHC007-082009- /O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-120808T2000Z/ ASHTABULA OH- 400 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4171 8052 4150 8052 4150 8091 4171 8082 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 282DEG 21KT 4161 8052 $$ JMAYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Wayne | 98 min |
| Aug 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 29 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.