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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 2012Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 10:22 AM EDT for Holmes 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 29, 2012, 10:22 AM EDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 10:41 AM EDTHAIL 1Walnut Creek, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1123 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 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

412 
WUUS51 KCLE 291422
SVRCLE
OHC075-291515-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0047.120529T1422Z-120529T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1022 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT

* AT 1020 AM 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
  MILLERSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALNUT CREEK...
  WINESBURG...

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 8196 4066 8197 4067 8165 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 241DEG 27KT 4057 8184

$$

LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
266 
WWUS51 KCLE 291444
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1044 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

OHC075-291515-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120529T1515Z/
HOLMES OH-
1044 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY...

AT 1042 AM 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 WINESBURG...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8196 4066 8197 4067 8165 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 241DEG 27KT 4064 8167

$$

SJAMISON
826 
WWUS51 KCLE 291451
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1051 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

OHC075-291501-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120529T1515Z/
HOLMES OH-
1051 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4045 8196 4066 8197 4067 8165 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 241DEG 27KT 4067 8160

$$

SJAMISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
May 29, 6:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
May 29, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 29, 9:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne41 min
May 29, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit44 min
May 29, 10:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage43 min
May 29, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull49 min
May 29, 10:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula43 min
May 29, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning55 min
May 29, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark26 min
May 29, 11:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull38 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning38 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.