Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2012, 10:57 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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, 10:57 PM EDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 11:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Stark County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KCLE 040257
TORCLE
OHC099-151-040345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.120704T0257Z-120704T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1057 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ALLIANCE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RAVENNA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLIANCE...SEBRING...MAPLE RIDGE AND BELOIT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4097 8125 4099 8123 4099 8100 4106 8100
4090 8073 4090 8082 4093 8084 4093 8089
4090 8090 4090 8108 4086 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 310DEG 34KT 4098 8107
$$
ADAMS2 follow-up statements
091
WWUS51 KCLE 040308
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1108 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
OHC151-040317-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120704T0345Z/
STARK OH-
1108 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4090 8102 4093 8103 4095 8104 4097 8100
4099 8094 4098 8090 4090 8073 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 310DEG 34KT 4092 8098
$$
OHC099-040345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120704T0345Z/
MAHONING OH-
1108 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY...
AT 1103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SEBRING...OR 9 MILES WEST OF SALEM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE....BELOIT
AND DAMASCUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 8102 4093 8103 4095 8104 4097 8100
4099 8094 4098 8090 4090 8073 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 310DEG 34KT 4092 8098
$$
ADAMS393
WWUS51 KCLE 040324
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1124 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
OHC099-040334-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120704T0345Z/
MAHONING OH-
1124 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4090 8102 4093 8103 4095 8104 4097 8100
4099 8094 4098 8090 4090 8073 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 310DEG 34KT 4082 8082
$$
ADAMSThe 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, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.