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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 28, 2002Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 12:48 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 28, 2002, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 1:10 PM EDTHail 0.75Medina, OHDime size hail was reported.
Apr 28, 1:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Medina, OHDime size hail was reported four miles east of Medina.

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
Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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.

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 281648
TORCLE
OHC103-281730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1248 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 1248 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LODI...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLINGTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRUNSWICK
  LODI
  MEDINA

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 10:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 28, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain46 min
Apr 28, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 28, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron46 min
Apr 28, 12:43 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland32 min
Apr 28, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox50 min
Apr 28, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula34 min
Apr 28, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula43 min
Apr 28, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox52 min
Apr 28, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit43 min
Apr 28, 1:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne38 min
Apr 28, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes49 min
Apr 28, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage40 min
Apr 28, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga48 min
Apr 28, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark44 min
Apr 28, 1:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark24 min
Apr 28, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull47 min
Apr 28, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning63 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.