Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2012, 2:14 AM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 10, 2012, 2:14 AM EDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 2:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
154
WUUS51 KCLE 100614
SVRCLE
OHC043-093-100715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0170.120810T0614Z-120810T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
214 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT
* AT 209 AM 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 13 MILES WEST OF VERMILION TO
11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERMILION...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORAIN...
ELYRIA...
VERMILION...
AMHERST...
GRAFTON...
NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
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 4151 8196 4136 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
4128 8256 4146 8265 4141 8255 4139 8247
4144 8235 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 256DEG 31KT 4148 8251 4130 8239
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
161
WWUS51 KCLE 100634
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
234 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
OHC043-100644-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-120810T0715Z/
ERIE OH-
234 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4151 8196 4150 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188
4128 8188 4128 8235 4143 8235 4144 8227
4148 8219 4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 256DEG 31KT 4152 8229 4134 8217
$$
OHC093-100715-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-120810T0715Z/
LORAIN OH-
234 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...
AT 228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 7 MILES NORTH OF VERMILION TO
SOUTH AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...LORAIN...
ELYRIA...GRAFTON...EATON ESTATES...SHEFFIELD...SHEFFIELD LAKE...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE...AVON AND AVON LAKE.
LAT...LON 4151 8196 4150 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188
4128 8188 4128 8235 4143 8235 4144 8227
4148 8219 4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 256DEG 31KT 4152 8229 4134 8217
$$
KUBINA271
WWUS51 KCLE 100657
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
257 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
OHC093-100707-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-120810T0715Z/
LORAIN OH-
257 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4151 8196 4150 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188
4128 8188 4128 8235 4143 8235 4144 8227
4148 8219 4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 256DEG 31KT 4157 8203 4139 8191
$$
KUBINAThe 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, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 31 min |
| 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, 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.