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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 2012Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 8:56 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 9:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cortland, OH
Jul 3, 10:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ne Cortland, OH	SOME TREES DOWN IN JOHNSON TOWNSHIP...VERNON TOWNSHIP AND FOWLER TOWNSHIP.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

896 
WUUS51 KCLE 040056
SVRCLE
OHC155-040200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0099.120704T0056Z-120704T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 855 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 NEAR
  NORTH BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRISTOLVILLE...
  CORTLAND...
  KINSMAN...
  HUBBARD...

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 4113 8059 4135 8100 4149 8100 4151 8097
      4150 8053 4147 8051 4114 8051 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 308DEG 35KT 4151 8090

$$

ADAMS

2 follow-up statements

661 
WWUS51 KCLE 040125
SVSCLE

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

OHC155-040200-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120704T0200Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
925 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY...

AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CORTLAND...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF WARREN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 
MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE 
NORTHWEST CORNER OF TRUMBULL COUNTY NEAR MESOPOTAMIA.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...HOWLAND
CENTER...VIENNA...YANKEE LAKE...ORANGEVILLE...WEST HILL...BROOKFIELD
CENTER AND HUBBARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4113 8059 4135 8100 4149 8100 4151 8097
      4150 8053 4147 8051 4114 8051 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 308DEG 35KT 4139 8072

$$

ADAMS

418 
WWUS51 KCLE 040202
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1002 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC155-040211-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120704T0200Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
1002 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1000 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS. 

LAT...LON 4113 8059 4135 8100 4149 8100 4151 8097
      4150 8053 4147 8051 4114 8051 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 308DEG 35KT 4138 8070

$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	45 min
Jul 3, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	63 min
Jul 3, 9:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	57 min
Jul 3, 10:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	27 min
Jul 4, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	57 min
Jul 4, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	63 min
Jul 4, 12:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	45 min
Jul 4, 9:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		84 min
Jul 4, 9:53 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	11 hr
Jul 4, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		116 min
Jul 4, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	51 min
Jul 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Wood, Wyandot	48 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.