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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 2012Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 3:49 PM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 8 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 29, 2012, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 29, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mccomb, OH	8-10 INCH TREE DOWN.
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 S Findlay, OH	TREES DOWN. BARN BLOWN OVER.
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Findlay, OH	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jenera, OH	TREES DOWN.
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Findlay, OH	PENNY HAIL.
Jun 29, 4:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Findlay, OH	4 OR 5 SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON I-75 BETWEEN FINDLAY AND BLUFFTON. TREES DOWN.
Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 84	Findlay, OH
Jun 29, 4:37 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vanlue, OH	TREES DOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -717 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 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.

131 
WUUS51 KCLE 291949
SVRCLE
OHC063-173-292045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0075.120629T1949Z-120629T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
349 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES WEST OF CUSTAR TO
  32 MILES WEST OF RAWSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUSTAR...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  FINDLAY...
  WESTON...
  RAWSON...
  MCCOMB...
  VAN BUREN...
  NORTH BALTIMORE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4139 8389 4147 8377 4146 8375 4150 8371
      4150 8342 4099 8342 4099 8346 4091 8348
      4090 8352 4082 8352 4083 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 298DEG 47KT 4134 8427 4095 8429

$$

BRAY

1 follow-up statement

120 
WWUS51 KCLE 292015
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
415 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

OHC063-173-292045-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120629T2045Z/
HANCOCK OH-WOOD OH-
415 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOYTVILLE TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JENERA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...JENERA...
VAN BUREN...FINDLAY...ARLINGTON...NORTH BALTIMORE...MOUNT
BLANCHARD...BLOOMDALE...VANLUE...ARCADIA AND VANLUE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 8389 4146 8378 4146 8375 4150 8371
      4150 8342 4099 8342 4098 8347 4091 8348
      4090 8352 4082 8352 4083 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 300DEG 44KT 4119 8381 4082 8376

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	56 min
Jun 29, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	55 min
Jun 29, 3:59 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 19 more	11 hr
Jun 29, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Wyandot	56 min
Jun 29, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	43 min
Jun 29, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	16 min
Jun 29, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Morrow	50 min
Jun 29, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Richland	61 min
Jun 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	55 min
Jun 29, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.