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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:45 PM EST for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 7:45 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindBedford, OHThunderstorm winds downed one tree and several large limbs.
Nov 10, 7:08 PM ESTTornado F1Solon, OHAn F1 tornado crossed into Cuyahoga County from Summit County to the south of Glenwillow. The tornado traveled northeast for about four miles and dissipated to the east of Solon. The tornado caused some home damage in Glenwillow and tore the roof off of a bu

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, 4:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 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.

136 
WFUS51 KCLE 102345
TORCLE
OHC035-110045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 645 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  NORTH ROYALTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDINA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
  NORTH ROYALTON
  SOLON

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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.

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, 5:02 PM ESTTornado WarningCLESeneca28 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, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEPortage49 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.