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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 10:39 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2012, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 11:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Erie County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
034
WUUS51 KCLE 100239
SVRCLE
OHC043-100330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0168.120810T0239Z-120810T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1039 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SANDUSKY...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4146 8265 4139 8251 4139 8247 4143 8235
4131 8240 4145 8279 4146 8278 4145 8277
4147 8270 4149 8270 4150 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 290DEG 9KT 4151 8263
$$
KING1 follow-up statement
034
WWUS51 KCLE 100310
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1110 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
OHC043-100320-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-120810T0330Z/
ERIE OH-
1110 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4146 8265 4139 8251 4139 8247 4143 8235
4131 8240 4145 8279 4146 8278 4145 8277
4147 8270 4149 8270 4150 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 290DEG 9KT 4148 8253
$$
KINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 10, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 3 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.