Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT for Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 10 E Ashland, OH | HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN ROWSBURG. |
| Mar 19, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | West Salem, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
094 WUUS51 KCLE 192215 SVRCLE OHC005-169-192315- /O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0023.120319T2215Z-120319T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 615 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 612 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF WEST SALEM...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOOSTER... RITTMAN... WEST SALEM... CRESTON... ORRVILLE... DOYLESTOWN... DALTON... 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 4099 8217 4099 8165 4078 8165 4077 8213 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 261DEG 11KT 4087 8211 $$ KIELTYKA
2 follow-up statements
065
WWUS51 KCLE 192232
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
632 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC005-192242-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120319T2315Z/
ASHLAND OH-
632 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF ASHLAND COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4099 8213 4099 8166 4098 8165 4078 8165
4077 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 261DEG 11KT 4093 8207
$$
OHC169-192315-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120319T2315Z/
WAYNE OH-
632 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CONGRESS...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOOSTER...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
BURBANK...WOOSTER...CRESTON...RITTMAN...SMITHVILLE AND MARSHALLVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8213 4099 8166 4098 8165 4078 8165
4077 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 261DEG 11KT 4093 8207
$$
KIELTYKA137
WWUS51 KCLE 192319
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
719 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
OHC169-192329-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120319T2315Z/
WAYNE OH-
719 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 715 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4099 8213 4099 8166 4098 8165 4078 8165
4077 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 261DEG 11KT 4093 8207
$$
ADAMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:51 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Medina and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Morrow, Richland | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Wayne | 2 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.