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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 24, 2001Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 9:51 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2001, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2001-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2001-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

922 
WFUS51 KCLE 250151
TORCLE
OHC007-055-250230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
951 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHTABULA COUNTY IN OHIO...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 951 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF
  MIDDLEFIELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARDON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BURTON
  JEFFERSON
  MIDDLEFIELD
  ORWELL

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood62 min
Oct 24, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas38 min
Oct 24, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
Oct 24, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
Oct 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky64 min
Oct 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 min
Oct 24, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion50 min
Oct 24, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie39 min
Oct 24, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron52 min
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Oct 24, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox42 min
Oct 24, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland23 min
Oct 24, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min
Oct 24, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne40 min
Oct 24, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina49 min
Oct 24, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga43 min
Oct 24, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit25 min
Oct 24, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage46 min
Oct 24, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark46 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Oct 24, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull48 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.