Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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 4, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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.
231
WFUS51 KCLE 040445
TORCLE
OHC099-133-040530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0007.120704T0445Z-120704T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1245 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON FALLS...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF RAVENNA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANFIELD 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 4105 8118 4118 8105 4115 8100 4113 8100
4114 8096 4102 8071 4090 8080 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090 4090 8095
4090 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 303DEG 16KT 4108 8101
$$
KOSARIK2 follow-up statements
499
WWUS51 KCLE 040518
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
118 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
OHC133-040527-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0530Z/
PORTAGE OH-
118 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4090 8099 4098 8109 4099 8108 4099 8100
4103 8100 4102 8071 4090 8080 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 303DEG 16KT 4100 8085
$$
OHC099-040530-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0530Z/
MAHONING OH-
118 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY...
AT 114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF BELOIT...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF SALEM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTH CENTRAL MAHONING COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR MAY DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 8099 4098 8109 4099 8108 4099 8100
4103 8100 4102 8071 4090 8080 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 303DEG 16KT 4100 8085
$$
KOSARIK623
WWUS51 KCLE 040530
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
130 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
OHC099-040540-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0530Z/
MAHONING OH-
130 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY HAS EXPIRED
AT 130 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4090 8099 4098 8109 4099 8108 4099 8100
4103 8100 4102 8071 4090 8080 4090 8082
4093 8084 4093 8089 4090 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 303DEG 16KT 4097 8079
$$
ABEThe 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 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, 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.