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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 1, 2012Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 5 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
Jul 1, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 6:19 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTHAIL 2Toledo, OH
Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDTHAIL 1.757 Wsw Toledo, OH
Jul 1, 5:34 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Maumee, OH
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTHAIL 12 S Toledo, OH
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTHAIL 1Holland, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

595 
WUUS51 KCLE 012116
SVRCLE
OHC095-012230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0083.120701T2116Z-120701T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
516 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 512 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 16
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEHOUSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SYLVANIA...
  WATERVILLE...
  TOLEDO...
  WHITEHOUSE...
  HOLLAND...

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 4172 8389 4172 8388 4173 8374 4174 8363
      4173 8357 4162 8356 4153 8371 4150 8372
      4147 8376 4141 8387 4143 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 292DEG 13KT 4168 8400

$$

BRAY
2 follow-up statements
635 
WWUS51 KCLE 012141
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
541 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

OHC095-012230-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120701T2230Z/
LUCAS OH-
541 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR LUCAS COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MAUMEE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO GULF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM
IN THE TOLEDO AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8389 4172 8388 4173 8374 4174 8363
      4173 8357 4162 8356 4153 8371 4150 8372
      4147 8376 4141 8387 4143 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 292DEG 13KT 4158 8362

$$

THOMPSON
095 
WWUS51 KCLE 012219
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
619 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

OHC095-012229-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120701T2230Z/
LUCAS OH-
619 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4172 8389 4172 8388 4173 8374 4174 8363
      4173 8357 4162 8356 4153 8371 4150 8372
      4147 8376 4141 8387 4143 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 292DEG 13KT 4153 8344

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood68 min
Jul 1, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Jul 1, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky68 min
Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky50 min
Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jul 1, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca64 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie48 min
Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron24 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain78 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland56 min
Jul 1, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE97 min
Jul 1, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Medina, Wayne68 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.