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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:02 PM EST for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
Nov 10, 2002, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 5:30 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Nov 10, 5:02 PM ESTTornado F1Fostoria, OHAfter lifting in downtown Fostoria (near the Hancock County border) the tornado touched down again on the northeastern edge of Fostoria. The tornado moved northeast from this location and damaged several homes before reaching the Fostoria Airport where a hang
Nov 10, 5:10 PM ESTHail 1New Riegel, OHQuarter size hail was observed near New Riegel.
Nov 10, 5:15 PM ESTHail 1.25Tiffin, OHHalf dollar size hail was observed seven miles east of Tiffin.
Nov 10, 5:15 PM ESTTornado F3Tiffin, OHAn F1 tornado touched down southwest of Tiffin near the Seneca County Airport. The tornado moved east northeast and strengthened to F3 intesity as it crossed U.S. Highway 224 and moved into Tiffin. The Honey Creek subdivision along County Road 19 near US 224

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
Nov 10, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 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.

493 
WFUS51 KCLE 102202
TORCLE
OHC147-102230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
503 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 503 PM EST A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TIFFIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA. RADAR
  SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOOMVILLE
  NEW RIEGEL
  TIFFIN

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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
Nov 10, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock58 min
Nov 10, 4:38 PM ESTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood67 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion59 min
Nov 10, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow56 min
Nov 10, 5:05 PM ESTTornado WarningCLESandusky55 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEMarion67 min
Nov 10, 5:12 PM ESTTornado WarningCLERichland63 min
Nov 10, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Holmes42 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEOttawa37 min
Nov 10, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Morrow45 min
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron, Seneca55 min
Nov 10, 5:54 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEMedina66 min
Nov 10, 6:00 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEAshland60 min
Nov 10, 6:03 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne57 min
Nov 10, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox47 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain59 min
Nov 10, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland56 min
Nov 10, 6:22 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEStark53 min
Nov 10, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga64 min
Nov 10, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga60 min
Nov 10, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEPortage49 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.