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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 2012Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
May 28, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 4:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.56 N Perrysville, OH
May 28, 4:48 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Hayesville, OHSEVERAL REPORTS.
May 28, 4:50 PM EDTHAIL 1Hayesville, OH
May 28, 4:50 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Hayesville, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

373 
WUUS51 KCLE 282029
SVRCLE
OHC005-139-282115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0043.120528T2029Z-120528T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
429 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 425 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
  WEST OF LOUDONVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAYESVILLE...

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 4055 8249 4087 8242 4086 8213 4067 8213
      4067 8222 4057 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 201DEG 18KT 4065 8235

$$

OUDEMAN
3 follow-up statements
498 
WWUS51 KCLE 282045
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

OHC005-139-282115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120528T2115Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
445 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN RICHLAND AND CENTRAL ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 439 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 PERRYSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MIFFLIN...HAYESVILLE AND JEROMESVILLE.

LAT...LON 4061 8222 4065 8238 4087 8242 4086 8213
      4067 8213 4067 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 199DEG 17KT 4071 8228

$$

WILLARD
698 
WWUS51 KCLE 282107
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
507 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

OHC139-282115-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120528T2115Z/
RICHLAND OH-
507 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4067 8222 4070 8230 4087 8234 4086 8213
      4067 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 197DEG 29KT 4090 8221

$$

OHC005-282115-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120528T2115Z/
ASHLAND OH-
507 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY...

AT 455 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEROMESVILLE...OR NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE....

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 6MILES NORTH OF 
PERRYSVILLE AND ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
HAYESVILLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4067 8222 4070 8230 4087 8234 4086 8213
      4067 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 197DEG 29KT 4090 8221

$$

WILLARD
490 
WWUS51 KCLE 282113
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

OHC005-282123-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120528T2115Z/
ASHLAND OH-
513 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4067 8222 4070 8230 4087 8234 4086 8213
      4067 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 197DEG 29KT 4096 8218

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland29 min
May 28, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE48 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.