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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 10, 2002Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:11 PM EST for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 8:15 PM EST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 7:30 PM EST	Hail 1	Berlin Center, OH	Quarter size hail was observed.
Nov 10, 7:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin Center, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees in Berlin Center and several more in Austintown.
Nov 10, 7:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Warren, OH	Thunderstorm winds downed five trees and many large limbs in the Warren area.

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, 4:35 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Nov 10, 6:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

220 
WFUS51 KCLE 110011
TORCLE
OHC099-155-110115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 712 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF NEWTON FALLS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CORTLAND
  LORDSTOWN
  NEWTON FALLS
  NILES
  WARREN

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, 7:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	58 min
Nov 10, 7:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	45 min
Nov 10, 7:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	57 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	65 min
Nov 10, 7:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	66 min
Nov 10, 7:50 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 7:50 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 10, 7:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	39 min
Nov 10, 7:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark	47 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	60 min
Nov 10, 9:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	29 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.