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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 30, 2012Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 9:51 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 30, 2012, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2012-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

616 
WUUS51 KCLE 010151
SVRCLE
OHC075-169-010215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0029.120501T0151Z-120501T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF WOOSTER TO 8
  MILES WEST OF GLENMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHREVE...
  WOOSTER...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  MILLERSBURG...
  GLENMONT...
  GLENMONT...
  KILLBUCK...
  DALTON...
  BERLIN...
  MOUNT EATON...

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 4045 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8222
      4067 8212 4081 8213 4082 8212 4084 8165
      4063 8165 4045 8166 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 262DEG 27KT 4081 8205 4053 8221

$$

KUBINA
1 follow-up statement
844 
WWUS51 KCLE 010216
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1016 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

OHC075-169-010226-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120501T0215Z/
HOLMES OH-WAYNE OH-
1016 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE AND HOLMES
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 4045 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8222
      4067 8212 4081 8213 4082 8212 4084 8165
      4063 8165 4045 8166 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 262DEG 27KT 4081 8205 4053 8221

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne63 min
Apr 30, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.