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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 2012Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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 29, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 29, 10:45 AM EDT	HAIL 1	Bristolville, OH
May 29, 10:53 AM EDT	HAIL 1	1 W Mecca, OH	TREE LIMBS DOWN
May 29, 11:02 AM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Niles, OH

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
May 29, 10:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

796 
WUUS51 KCLE 291441
SVRCLE
OHC155-291530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0049.120529T1441Z-120529T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1041 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1037 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
  BRISTOLVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUBBARD...
  KINSMAN...

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 4113 8053 4113 8100 4150 8100 4150 8052
      4147 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 240DEG 26KT 4136 8079

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

652 
WWUS51 KCLE 291456
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1056 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

OHC155-291530-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120529T1530Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
1056 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY...

AT 1054 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
6 MILES NORTH OF CORTLAND...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF WARREN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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

&&

LAT...LON 4113 8053 4113 8100 4150 8100 4150 8052
      4147 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 226DEG 21KT 4143 8073

$$

SJAMISON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
May 29, 6:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
May 29, 8:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 29, 9:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	41 min
May 29, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	44 min
May 29, 10:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	29 min
May 29, 10:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	43 min
May 29, 10:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	43 min
May 29, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	55 min
May 29, 10:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	26 min
May 29, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	38 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	38 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.