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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Amherst, OH	POWERPOLES AND LINES DOWN.
Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elyria, OH	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 0	Wellington, OH	TREE DOWN ON HAWLEY ROAD.
Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vermilion, OH	LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE ROAD.

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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

920 
WUUS51 KCLE 181935
SVRCLE
OHC093-182015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0064.120618T1935Z-120618T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 331 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
  SOUTHWEST OF VERMILION...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...
  ELYRIA...
  AMHERST...
  WELLINGTON...
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
  GRAFTON...
  AVON LAKE...

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 4152 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4106 8232 4109 8234
      4143 8235 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 266DEG 43KT 4133 8233

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

588 
WWUS51 KCLE 181943
SVSCLE

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

OHC093-182015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120618T2015Z/
LORAIN OH-
343 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 336 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 KIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
LAGRANGE...LORAIN...ELYRIA...SHEFFIELD...EATON ESTATES...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE...GRAFTON AND AVON.

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4106 8232 4109 8234
      4143 8235 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 266DEG 37KT 4133 8225

$$

WILLARD

305 
WWUS51 KCLE 181955
SVSCLE

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

OHC093-182015-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120618T2015Z/
LORAIN OH-
355 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR LORAIN COUNTY...

AT 351 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...OR NEAR LORAIN...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
ELYRIA...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...AVON...EATON AND AVON LAKE.

LAT...LON 4152 8197 4136 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4106 8232 4109 8234
      4143 8235 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 266DEG 37KT 4139 8216

$$

LAPLANTE

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, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	52 min
Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie	29 min
Jun 18, 3:43 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.