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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 3:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Norwalk, OH
Jun 18, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Norwalk, OH	NUMEROUS POWERPOLES DOWN. REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT VIA MEDIA.
Jun 18, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Norwalk, OH
Jun 18, 3:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Wakeman, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

448 
WUUS51 KCLE 181908
SVRCLE
OHC077-182000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0063.120618T1908Z-120618T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 302 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 NEAR
  NORWALK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEMAN...

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 4129 8258 4128 8235 4119 8235 4114 8272
      4129 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 254DEG 18KT 4125 8263

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

590 
WWUS51 KCLE 181932
SVSCLE

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

OHC077-182000-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120618T2000Z/
HURON OH-
332 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HURON COUNTY...

AT 326 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 NORWALK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4129 8258 4128 8235 4119 8235 4114 8272
      4129 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 254DEG 18KT 4128 8247

$$

WILLARD

447 
WWUS51 KCLE 181958
SVSCLE

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

OHC077-182008-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120618T2000Z/
HURON OH-
358 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HURON COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 400 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4129 8258 4128 8235 4119 8235 4114 8272
      4129 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 254DEG 18KT 4131 8231

$$

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, 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, 3:16 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.