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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 3:01 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 3:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCastalia, OHLARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 18, 3:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 0Huron, OHLARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Berlin Heights, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

796 
WUUS51 KCLE 181901
SVRCLE
OHC043-182000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0062.120618T1901Z-120618T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 257 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 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CASTALIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDUSKY...
  CASTALIA...
  MILAN...

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 4148 8280 4146 8275 4147 8270 4150 8268
      4146 8265 4139 8251 4139 8247 4143 8235
      4129 8235 4129 8284 4148 8285 4148 8280
      4154 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 293DEG 13KT 4148 8294

$$

LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
433 
WWUS51 KCLE 182008
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-182018-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120618T2000Z/
ERIE OH-
408 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO EXPIRED AT 400 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4148 8280 4146 8275 4147 8270 4150 8268
      4146 8265 4139 8251 4139 8247 4143 8235
      4129 8235 4129 8284 4148 8285 4148 8280
      4154 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 293DEG 13KT 4148 8294

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 18, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood52 min
Jun 18, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa67 min
Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky60 min
Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wood62 min
Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jun 18, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron52 min
Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie29 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain40 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood50 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Medina67 min
Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca4 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina60 min
Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain3 hr
Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne51 min
Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Wayne3 hr
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne61 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.