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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 2012Ashland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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: May 28, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ashland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
May 28, 5:08 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 Ne Ashland, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

715 
WUUS51 KCLE 282101
SVRCLE
OHC005-282145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0044.120528T2101Z-120528T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 455 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
  ASHLAND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POLK...
  SAVANNAH...

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 4082 8242 4106 8243 4107 8217 4099 8217
      4099 8212 4080 8213 4081 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 192DEG 16KT 4086 8227

$$

OUDEMAN

2 follow-up statements

249 
WWUS51 KCLE 282116
SVSCLE

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

OHC005-282145-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120528T2145Z/
ASHLAND OH-
516 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY...

AT 510 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 POLKMOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4081 8232 4105 8233 4107 8219 4106 8218
      4106 8217 4099 8217 4099 8213 4080 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 193DEG 26KT 4096 8220

$$

WILLARD

296 
WWUS51 KCLE 282130
SVSCLE

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

OHC005-282141-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120528T2145Z/
ASHLAND OH-
530 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4081 8232 4105 8233 4107 8219 4106 8218
      4106 8217 4099 8217 4099 8213 4080 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 193DEG 26KT 4107 8217

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	46 min
May 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		48 min

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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.