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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 30, 2012Ashland County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 9:12 PM EDT for Ashland County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 30, 2012, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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
Apr 30, 9:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jeromesville, OH	A FEW LIMBS 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 30, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

690 
WUUS51 KCLE 010112
SVRCLE
OHC005-103-169-010215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0027.120501T0112Z-120501T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
912 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 907 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
  HAYESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOOSTER...
  RITTMAN...
  MEDINA...
  LITCHFIELD...
  WEST SALEM...
  LODI...
  CRESTON...
  ORRVILLE...
  WADSWORTH...
  DOYLESTOWN...

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 4072 8234 4073 8238 4081 8239 4082 8242
      4106 8243 4106 8218 4114 8217 4114 8208
      4120 8207 4120 8198 4127 8197 4127 8169
      4099 8169 4094 8164 4083 8165 4074 8213
      4067 8212 4067 8222 4057 8222 4056 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 226DEG 28KT 4087 8218

$$

KUBINA

2 follow-up statements

611 
WWUS51 KCLE 010137
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
937 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

OHC005-103-169-010215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120501T0215Z/
ASHLAND OH-MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
937 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE...MEDINA AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 934 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 SEVILLE...OR NEAR RITTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN END OF ASHLAND COUNTY.  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS LINE.  

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
WADSWORTH AND DOYLESTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4072 8234 4073 8238 4081 8239 4082 8242
      4106 8243 4106 8218 4114 8217 4114 8208
      4120 8207 4120 8198 4127 8197 4127 8169
      4099 8169 4094 8164 4083 8165 4074 8213
      4067 8212 4067 8222 4057 8222 4056 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 238DEG 39KT 4102 8183

$$

JMAYERS

377 
WWUS51 KCLE 010207
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1007 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

OHC005-103-169-010217-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120501T0215Z/
ASHLAND OH-MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
1007 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE...MEDINA AND
ASHLAND COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1015 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4072 8234 4073 8238 4081 8239 4082 8242
      4106 8243 4106 8218 4114 8217 4114 8208
      4120 8207 4120 8198 4127 8197 4127 8169
      4099 8169 4094 8164 4083 8165 4074 8213
      4067 8212 4067 8222 4057 8222 4056 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 238DEG 39KT 4120 8145

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	32 min
Apr 30, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	24 min

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.