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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 2012Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 9:55 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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 3, 2012, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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 3, 10:30 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Sheffield Lake, OHWIND REPORT OCCURRED AT STATE ROUTE 6 AND LAKE BREEZE ROAD.
Jul 3, 10:35 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBay Village, OHA TREE AND A LARGE LIMB DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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.

085 
WUUS51 KCLE 031355
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-031500-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0092.120703T1355Z-120703T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
955 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 955 AM 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 LORAIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORAIN...
  ELYRIA...
  STRONGSVILLE...
  CLEVELAND...
  VERMILION...
  AMHERST...
  AVON LAKE...

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 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8197 4120 8198 4122 8231
      4125 8233 4144 8236 4144 8227 4148 8219
      4152 8203 4149 8188 4151 8181 4149 8175
      4163 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1356Z 306DEG 28KT 4164 8231

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
294 
WWUS51 KCLE 031404
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1004 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC035-093-031500-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120703T1500Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
1004 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

AT 959 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF SHEFFIELD LAKE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF LORAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 50 MPH TOWARD AVON POINT.



LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...AVON
LAKE...WESTLAKE...BAY VILLAGE...AVON...NORTH OLMSTED...FAIRVIEW
PARK...MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS...BEREA...BROOK PARK AND OLMSTED FALLS.

LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8157 4127 8197 4120 8198 4122 8231
      4125 8233 4144 8236 4144 8227 4148 8219
      4152 8203 4149 8188 4151 8181 4149 8175
      4163 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 313DEG 43KT 4161 8216

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 5:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE43 min
Jul 3, 9:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 3, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain26 min
Jul 3, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina39 min
Jul 3, 11:35 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Wayne40 min
Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne54 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more30 hr
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland34 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 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.