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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 2012Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 5:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 S Millersburg, OH	SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN CLARK.

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 2131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

775 
WUUS51 KCLE 292120
SVRCLE
OHC075-292230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0082.120629T2120Z-120629T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23
  MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILLERSBURG...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  GLENMONT...
  NASHVILLE...

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 4045 8216 4046 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222
      4067 8222 4067 8165 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 280DEG 12KT 4053 8253

$$

BRAY

1 follow-up statement

595 
WWUS51 KCLE 292216
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-292227-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120629T2230Z/
HOLMES OH-
616 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOLMES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4045 8216 4046 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222
      4067 8222 4067 8165 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 280DEG 12KT 4050 8228

$$

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, 4:42 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

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.