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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:35 PM EST for Erie County, Huron County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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, 5:42 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Hunts Corner, OH | The same thunderstorm that produced the deadly Seneca County tornado spawned another tornado in northwestern Huron County. This tornado touched down near the intersection of Young Road and State Route 4 southeast of Bellevue and northwest of Hunts Corners. T |
| Nov 10, 5:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, OH | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Willard, North Fairfield and near Norwalk. Two homes were significantly damaged by fallen trees in Willard. |
| Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Kimball, OH | A tornado moved into Erie County from Huron County to the southeast of Kimball near the intersection of Section Line Road and State Route 113. The tornado continued east northeast in the county for around five miles and dissipated north of Milan near the inte |
| Nov 10, 5:57 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan, OH | Thunderstorm winds toppled five power poles along U.S. Route 250 north of Milan between Mason Road and State Route 13. |
| Nov 10, 6:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Vermilion, OH | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage in Vermilion. Many trees and limbs were downed and a mobile home was knocked off it's foundation and heavily damaged. At a marina, several large boats were heavily damaged when the racks holding them were blown over |
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 102235 TORCLE OHC043-077-147-102330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 536 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 536 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF NORWALK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIFFIN. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MILAN NORWALK VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Morrow | 45 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, 5:54 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.