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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 1, 2012Holmes County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 7:37 PM EDT for Holmes County, Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min. 3 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, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jul 1, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 0	5 N Lodi, OH	WIND GUST ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH.
Jul 1, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	5 N Lodi, OH	WIND GUST ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH.
Jul 1, 8:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ese Medina, OH	NUMEROUS TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 94

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
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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The text

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

221 
WUUS51 KCLE 012337
SVRCLE
OHC075-103-169-020045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0090.120701T2337Z-120702T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST
  SALEM TO 15 MILES WEST OF GLENMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHREVE...
  WOOSTER...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  WOOSTER...
  MILLERSBURG...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  MEDINA...
  RITTMAN...
  NASHVILLE...
  GLENMONT...

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 4046 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8222
      4067 8212 4099 8213 4099 8217 4114 8217
      4114 8208 4120 8207 4120 8198 4124 8198
      4127 8194 4128 8168 4045 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 271DEG 23KT 4108 8233 4045 8230

$$

BRAY

1 follow-up statement

815 
WWUS51 KCLE 020049
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-103-169-020058-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120702T0045Z/
HOLMES OH-MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
849 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE...MEDINA AND HOLMES
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 845 PM EDT...

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4046 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8222
      4067 8212 4099 8213 4099 8217 4114 8217
      4114 8208 4120 8207 4120 8198 4124 8198
      4127 8194 4128 8168 4045 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 271DEG 23KT 4108 8233 4045 8230

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	63 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	68 min
Jul 1, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		116 min
Jul 1, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	68 min
Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	50 min
Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Jul 1, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	64 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	48 min
Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	24 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain	78 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Richland	56 min
Jul 1, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		97 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.