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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 15, 2012Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 15, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2012, 7:41 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 15, 7:19 PM EDTHAIL 14 N Toledo, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

516 
WUUS51 KCLE 152316
SVRCLE
OHC095-152345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0018.120315T2316Z-120315T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 712 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
  TOLEDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OREGON...

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 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342 4169 8337
      4172 8334 4167 8326 4166 8327 4165 8367
      4173 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 256DEG 32KT 4172 8356

$$

KUBINA
1 follow-up statement
666 
WWUS51 KCLE 152341
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
741 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

OHC095-152347-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
LUCAS OH-
741 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...THE STORM PRODUCE HAIL SIZE OF A QUARTER AT 718 PM 2 
MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING OVER MAUMEE BAY EAST OF 
TOLEDO.

LAT...LON 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342 4169 8337
      4172 8334 4167 8326 4166 8327 4165 8367
      4173 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 256DEG 32KT 4176 8332

$$

THOMPSON

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, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood17 min
Mar 15, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne29 min
Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.