Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 5:01 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bristolville, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. |
| Jan 17, 5:12 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Erie, PA | TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY AS WELL AS MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP. |
| Jan 17, 5:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Kinsman, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN JOHNSTON. |
| Jan 17, 5:28 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 58 | Youngstown, OH | YOUNGSTOWN WARREN AIRPORT. |
| Jan 17, 5:33 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Youngstown, OH | TREES DOWNED ON THE EAST SIDE AT WILSON AND RIGBY. |
| Jan 17, 5:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Meadville, PA | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN MEADVILLE AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 565 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404
WUUS51 KCLE 172201
SVRCLE
OHC007-099-133-155-PAC039-049-172300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0005.120117T2201Z-120117T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHERN MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
EXTREME EASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 455 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
NEAR CONNEAUT TO NEWTON FALLS MOVING EAST MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YOUNGSTOWN...
MEADVILLE...
ERIE...
ORWELL...
NILES...
CORTLAND...
HUBBARD...
CAMPBELL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4162 7978 4162 7982 4148 8001 4148 8051
4107 8051 4099 8102 4151 8101 4179 8053
4199 8053 4210 8019 4217 8013 4218 8007
4216 8006 4228 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 259DEG 49KT 4136 8092
$$
KOSARIK1 follow-up statement
853
WWUS51 KCLE 172243
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
543 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
OHC007-099-133-155-172252-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T2300Z/
MAHONING OH-PORTAGE OH-TRUMBULL OH-ASHTABULA OH-
543 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA...
TRUMBULL...EXTREME EASTERN PORTAGE AND NORTHERN MAHONING COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE GUSTY SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4228 7976 4162 7978 4162 7982 4148 8001
4148 8052 4155 8053 4179 8052 4211 8002
4217 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 259DEG 49KT 4144 8016
$$
PAC039-049-172300-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T2300Z/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
543 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 537 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS AND STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN
EASTERN ERIE COUNTY AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LAT...LON 4228 7976 4162 7978 4162 7982 4148 8001
4148 8052 4155 8053 4179 8052 4211 8002
4217 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 259DEG 49KT 4144 8016
$$
KOSARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:23 AM EST | Gale Warning | CLE | 24 hr | |
| Jan 17, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 3:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake | 7 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 49 min |
| Jan 17, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 5:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 15 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:48 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 8 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:14 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 20 hr |
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.