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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 7, 2012Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 5 reports 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
Sep 7, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 4:32 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sep 7, 4:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Akron, OH
Sep 7, 4:36 PM EDTHAIL 1Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sep 7, 4:37 PM EDTHAIL 1Akron, OH
Sep 7, 5:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTallmadge, OHSEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN AND A 2 AND A HALF INCH DIAMETER ALUMINUM FLAG POLE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 7, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

553 
WUUS51 KCLE 072029
SVRCLE
OHC153-072115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0179.120907T2029Z-120907T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
429 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 425 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
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUDSON...
  MACEDONIA...
  TWINSBURG...

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 4091 8164 4098 8165 4099 8169 4127 8168
      4128 8156 4133 8159 4135 8159 4134 8139
      4099 8139 4098 8142 4091 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 236DEG 28KT 4116 8148

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
394 
WWUS51 KCLE 072113
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

OHC153-072121-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-120907T2115Z/
SUMMIT OH-
513 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMMIT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515
PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN AKRON AT 437 PM EDT.

ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4098 8165 4099 8169 4127 8168
      4128 8156 4133 8159 4135 8159 4134 8139
      4099 8139 4098 8142 4091 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 236DEG 28KT 4134 8113

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit48 min
Sep 7, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood58 min
Sep 7, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca54 min
Sep 7, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot62 min
Sep 7, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron57 min
Sep 7, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE77 min
Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca19 min
Sep 7, 4:26 PM EDTGale WarningCLE23 hr
Sep 7, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina29 min
Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Sep 7, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull53 min
Sep 7, 6:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull81 min

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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.