Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
942
WUUS51 KCLE 182228
SVRCLE
OHC005-139-182315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0020.120318T2228Z-120318T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
628 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 625 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
LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUDONVILLE...
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 4067 8263 4070 8262 4071 8258 4073 8222
4071 8221 4067 8221 4067 8222 4057 8222
4056 8225 4056 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 230DEG 17KT 4069 8253
$$
KIELTYKA1 follow-up statement
352
WWUS51 KCLE 182246
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
646 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012
OHC005-139-182256-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120318T2315Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
646 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN
ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 4067 8263 4070 8262 4071 8258 4073 8222
4071 8221 4067 8221 4067 8222 4057 8222
4056 8225 4056 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 230DEG 17KT 4075 8244
$$
WILLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| Mar 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lorain | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 4 hr |
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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.