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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 1:53 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min. 7 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: Jun 18, 2012, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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
Jun 18, 2:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Toledo, OH	TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 28 AND STRAYER.
Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Maumee, OH	A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN.
Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Maumee, OH	GRAPE SIZE.
Jun 18, 2:22 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Maumee, OH
Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Bowling Green, OH	ONE TREE DOWN ON RUDOLPH ROAD...NEAR RUDOLPH.
Jun 18, 2:55 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Bowling Green, OH
Jun 18, 2:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	2 S Bowling Green, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

795 
WUUS51 KCLE 181753
SVRCLE
OHC095-173-181845-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0058.120618T1753Z-120618T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
153 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 149 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
  NORTHWEST OF CUSTAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 
STORM WAS JUST EAST OF SWANTON MOVING EAST TOWARD MAUMEE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUSTAR...
  WATERVILLE...
  SYLVANIA...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  TOLEDO...
  WESTON...
  WHITEHOUSE...

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 4172 8388 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342
      4169 8337 4172 8334 4165 8320 4162 8317
      4162 8322 4164 8339 4162 8339 4162 8341
      4117 8342 4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 269DEG 24KT 4135 8391

$$

LAPLANTE

3 follow-up statements

549 
WWUS51 KCLE 181811
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
211 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC095-173-181845-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120618T1845Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
211 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SYLVANIA TO WHITEHOUSE TO
CUSTAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
HOYTVILLE...MAUMEE...HASKINS...TOLEDO...PERRYSBURG...ROSSFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...NORTH BALTIMORE...ROSSFORD AND PORTAGE.

LAT...LON 4172 8388 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342
      4169 8337 4172 8334 4165 8320 4162 8317
      4162 8322 4164 8339 4162 8339 4162 8341
      4117 8342 4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 273DEG 18KT 4169 8367 4147 8377
          4127 8382

$$

WILLARD

951 
WWUS51 KCLE 181828
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC095-173-181845-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120618T1845Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
228 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 218 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 WATERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
LUCKEY...PEMBERVILLE...MILLBURY AND WALBRIDGE.

LAT...LON 4172 8388 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342
      4169 8337 4172 8334 4165 8320 4162 8317
      4162 8322 4164 8339 4162 8339 4162 8341
      4117 8342 4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 273DEG 18KT 4147 8363

$$

WILLARD

241 
WWUS51 KCLE 181844
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
244 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC095-173-181854-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120618T1845Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
244 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 245 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4172 8388 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342
      4169 8337 4172 8334 4165 8320 4162 8317
      4162 8322 4164 8339 4162 8339 4162 8341
      4117 8342 4117 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 273DEG 18KT 4146 8352

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 18, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	67 min
Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	60 min
Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca, Wood	62 min
Jun 18, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	59 min
Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jun 18, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	52 min
Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie	29 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	40 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	50 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Medina	67 min
Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	4 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	60 min
Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	51 min
Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	61 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.