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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 9, 2001Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2001, 4:27 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2001, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 4:27 PM EDTHail 1Wooster, OHQuarter size hail was reported on the north side of Wooster. A few cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDTHail 0.88Wooster, OHNickel size hail was reported.
Apr 9, 4:30 PM EDTHail 1.5Wooster, OHWalnut size hail was reported. A few cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDTHail 1.75Wooster, OHGolf ball size hail was reported. Many cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:35 PM EDTHail 1Wooster, OHQuarter size hail was reported five miles east of Wooster. A few cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:37 PM EDTHail 2.5Apple Creek, OHTennis ball size hail was reported one mile north of Apple Creek. Several cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:46 PM EDTHail 1Mt Eaton, OHQuarter size hail was reported. A few cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:47 PM EDTHail 1Wooster, OHQuarter size hail was reported two miles southeast of Wooster. A few cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 4:55 PM EDTHail 1.75Apple Creek, OHGolf ball size hail was reported. Several cars were damaged.
Apr 9, 5:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Apple Creek, OHDime size hail was reported.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2001-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 092029
TORCLE
OHC169-092100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
427 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WOOSTER...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONSy NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOOSTER
  ORRVILLE
  MOUNT EATON
  DALTON

$$

FMK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull45 min
Apr 9, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning37 min
Apr 9, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark, Wayne51 min
Apr 9, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow65 min
Apr 9, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Apr 9, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne44 min
Apr 9, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Apr 9, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes38 min
Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne33 min
Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.