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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 12, 2003Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2003, 7:16 PM EST for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2003, 7:16 PM EST (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2003, 8:00 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 12, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 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 130016
TORCLE
OHC151-130100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
716 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 716 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALLIANCE
  BREWSTER
  CANTON
  LOUISVILLE
  MASSILLON
  MINERVA
  NAVARRE
  NORTH CANTON

LAT...LON 4072 8164 4090 8164 4090 8141 4092 8139
          4094 8109 4072 8109

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 7:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes37 min
Nov 12, 7:36 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
Nov 12, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage59 min
Nov 12, 7:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.