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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2002Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2002, 3:31 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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
Jun 5, 2002, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Hartville, OHDime size hail was observed.
Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Hartville, OHDime size hail was observed.
Jun 5, 3:59 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNorth Canton, OHThunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Plain and Lake Townships. A home was damaged by a tree in Lake Township west of Hartville.
Jun 5, 4:03 PM EDTHail 1Hartville, OHQuarter size hail was observed just east of Hartville.

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
Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 051931
TORCLE
OHC151-052015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
331 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF
  NORTH CANTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALLIANCE
  HARTVILLE
  LOUISVILLE
  NORTH CANTON

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula27 min
Jun 5, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 5, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 5, 1:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula61 min
Jun 5, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 5, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 5, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Jun 5, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Jun 5, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow50 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark49 min
Jun 5, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox43 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning41 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga46 min
Jun 5, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne27 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes25 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage33 min
Jun 5, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland28 min
Jun 5, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.