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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 2:43 PM EDT for Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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: Jun 18, 2012, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 2:45 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 1.25	2 S Bowling Green, OH
Jun 18, 3:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Attica, OH	TREE DOWN.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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

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The text

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

375 
WUUS51 KCLE 181843
SVRCLE
OHC147-173-181945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0061.120618T1843Z-120618T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 238 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 6 MILES
  NORTH OF NORTH BALTIMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOSTORIA...

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 4136 8374 4135 8341 4125 8342 4125 8285
      4112 8283 4108 8284 4114 8342 4117 8342
      4117 8366 4118 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 271DEG 26KT 4126 8360

$$

LAPLANTE

3 follow-up statements

713 
WWUS51 KCLE 181900
SVSCLE

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

OHC147-173-181945-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120618T1945Z/
SENECA OH-WOOD OH-
300 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...

AT 252 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
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
INCLUDE...BRADNER...RISING SUN...FOSTORIA...BETTSVILLE...TIFFIN AND 
REPUBLIC.

LAT...LON 4136 8374 4135 8341 4125 8342 4125 8285
      4112 8283 4108 8284 4114 8342 4117 8342
      4117 8366 4118 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 279DEG 21KT 4125 8349

$$

WILLARD

026 
WWUS51 KCLE 181931
SVSCLE

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

OHC147-173-181945-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120618T1945Z/
SENECA OH-WOOD OH-
331 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...

AT 322 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 FOSTORIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4136 8374 4135 8341 4125 8342 4125 8285
      4112 8283 4108 8284 4114 8342 4117 8342
      4117 8366 4118 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 306DEG 13KT 4119 8341

$$

WILLARD

185 
WWUS51 KCLE 181945
SVSCLE

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

OHC147-173-181955-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120618T1945Z/
SENECA OH-WOOD OH-
345 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN
SENECA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 345 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4136 8374 4135 8341 4125 8342 4125 8285
      4112 8283 4108 8284 4114 8342 4117 8342
      4117 8366 4118 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 306DEG 13KT 4116 8336

$$

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, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	52 min
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, 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

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.