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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 20124 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 4:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 3, 2012, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 5:05 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 3, 4:43 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Shauck, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 2447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 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.

908 
WUUS51 KCLE 032031
SVRCLE
OHC005-083-117-139-032130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0096.120703T2031Z-120703T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 429 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 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT VERNON...
  LEXINGTON...
  CHESTERVILLE...
  SPARTA...
  BELLVILLE...
  FREDERICKTOWN...
  GAMBIER...
  LOUDONVILLE...

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 4027 8261 4055 8281 4071 8276 4071 8273
      4074 8272 4063 8222 4057 8222 4057 8217
      4030 8218 4023 8220 4023 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 294DEG 20KT 4063 8268

$$

ADAMS

1 follow-up statement

635 
WWUS51 KCLE 032105
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC005-083-117-139-032114-
/O.CAN.KCLE.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-120703T2130Z/
ASHLAND OH-KNOX OH-MORROW OH-RICHLAND OH-
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND...EASTERN
MORROW...KNOX AND SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4027 8261 4055 8281 4071 8276 4071 8273
      4074 8272 4063 8222 4057 8222 4057 8217
      4030 8218 4023 8220 4023 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 294DEG 20KT 4056 8250

$$

ADAMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		43 min
Jul 3, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	65 min
Jul 3, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	26 min
Jul 3, 11:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	39 min
Jul 3, 11:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	40 min
Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	54 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	30 hr
Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 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.