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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Crawford County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:30 PM EST for Crawford County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, OH, Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 5:30 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Bucyrus, OH	Dime size hail was observed.
Nov 10, 5:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Mt Gilead, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles six miles south of Mount Gilead.
Nov 10, 5:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs in the county.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 10, 1:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 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.

214 
WFUS51 KCLE 102230
TORCLE
OHC033-117-102315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 530 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT GILEAD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CRESTLINE
  GALION
  MOUNT GILEAD

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 4:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	58 min
Nov 10, 4:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	67 min
Nov 10, 4:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	59 min
Nov 10, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	56 min
Nov 10, 5:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Seneca	28 min
Nov 10, 5:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Sandusky	55 min
Nov 10, 5:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Marion	67 min
Nov 10, 5:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Richland	63 min
Nov 10, 5:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes	42 min
Nov 10, 5:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa	37 min
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Seneca	55 min
Nov 10, 5:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina	66 min
Nov 10, 6:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland	60 min
Nov 10, 6:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	57 min
Nov 10, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	47 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	59 min
Nov 10, 6:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	56 min
Nov 10, 6:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	53 min
Nov 10, 6:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	64 min
Nov 10, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	60 min
Nov 10, 6:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage	49 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.