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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 2012Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 11:04 AM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2012, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

098 
WUUS51 KCLE 031504
SVRCLE
OHC093-031530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0093.120703T1504Z-120703T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1104 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1102 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 NEAR
  WELLINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...WELLINGTON...LAGRANGE AND OBERLIN AND
RURAL SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY

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 4125 8235 4135 8200 4128 8196 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217 4106 8218
      4107 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 328DEG 23KT 4121 8220

$$

LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
894 
WWUS51 KCLE 031533
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1133 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC093-031542-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120703T1530Z/
LORAIN OH-
1133 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1130 AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST LORAIN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4125 8235 4135 8200 4128 8196 4120 8198
      4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217 4106 8218
      4107 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 328DEG 23KT 4121 8220

$$

JMAYERS

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, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.