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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 2012Crawford County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 4:42 PM EDT for Crawford County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min. 7 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, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2012, 5:32 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, OH, Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 4:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Mount Gilead, OH
Jun 29, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 80	3 Wnw Mount Gilead, OH	70-80 MPH ESTIMATED GUST IN EDISON.
Jun 29, 5:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Mount Gilead, OH	UTILITY POLES DOWN.
Jun 29, 5:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Galion, OH	WALL OF ATTACHED GARAGE BLOWN OUT/DAMAGED.
Jun 29, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Mount Gilead, OH	SIDING OFF OF TWO HOMES.
Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Wnw Lexington, OH	AT MID OHIO RACE TRACK.
Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Wnw Lexington, OH	GOLF BALL HAIL AT MID OHIO RACE TRACK.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 3674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.4

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The text

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

766 
WUUS51 KCLE 292042
SVRCLE
OHC033-117-292200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0079.120629T2042Z-120629T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 440 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 17 MILES WEST OF BUCYRUS
  TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARDINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS...
  MOUNT GILEAD...
  CHATFIELD...
  CARDINGTON...
  NEW WASHINGTON...
  GALION...

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 4035 8293 4041 8294 4042 8303 4049 8301
      4049 8296 4064 8296 4065 8287 4070 8285
      4070 8311 4099 8311 4099 8272 4071 8273
      4070 8262 4066 8265 4055 8262 4055 8264
      4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 269DEG 20KT 4087 8327 4037 8327

$$

BRAY

2 follow-up statements

175 
WWUS51 KCLE 292115
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-117-292200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120629T2200Z/
CRAWFORD OH-MORROW OH-
515 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR MORROW AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 511 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUCYRUS
TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARDINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...BUCYRUS...
BUCYRUS...CARDINGTON...NORTH ROBINSON...MOUNT GILEAD...EDISON...
MARENGO...GALION...FULTON AND TIRO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 8293 4041 8294 4042 8303 4049 8301
      4049 8296 4064 8296 4065 8287 4070 8285
      4070 8311 4099 8311 4099 8272 4071 8273
      4070 8262 4066 8265 4055 8262 4055 8264
      4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 269DEG 20KT 4087 8303 4037 8303

$$

KUBINA

824 
WWUS51 KCLE 292132
SVSCLE

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

OHC033-117-292141-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120629T2200Z/
CRAWFORD OH-MORROW OH-
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGE TO HOMES NEAR THE INTERSECTION SR 
314 AND U.S. 42 IN NORTHEASTERN MORROW COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4035 8293 4041 8294 4042 8303 4049 8301
      4049 8296 4064 8296 4065 8287 4070 8285
      4070 8311 4099 8311 4099 8272 4071 8273
      4070 8262 4066 8265 4055 8262 4055 8264
      4034 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 269DEG 20KT 4087 8291 4037 8291

$$

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, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	56 min
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, 4:55 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

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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.