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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2005Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:09 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 26, 2005, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 9:01 PM EDT
In force
52 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 270009
TORCLE
OHC151-270100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0002.050727T0009Z-050727T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
809 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NORTH CANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALLIANCE
  HARTVILLE
  LOUISVILLE
  NORTH CANTON

TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM

LAT...LON 4084 8136 4083 8137 4083 8157 4082 8161
      4091 8162 4090 8141 4091 8140 4098 8140
      4098 8109 4085 8109

$$

MRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 270038
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
837 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OHC151-270100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050727T0100Z/
STARK OH-
837 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR STARK COUNTY...


AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH CANTON...AND 
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALLIANCE...
  LIMAVILLE...

LAT...LON 4084 8136 4083 8137 4083 8157 4082 8161
      4091 8162 4090 8141 4091 8140 4098 8140
      4098 8109 4085 8109

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 270101
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
901 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OHC151-270111-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050727T0100Z/
STARK OH-
901 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STARK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4084 8136 4083 8137 4083 8157 4082 8161
      4091 8162 4090 8141 4091 8140 4098 8140
      4098 8109 4085 8109

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark59 min
Jul 26, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion46 min
Jul 26, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning54 min
Jul 26, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland43 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland34 min
Jul 26, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock51 min
Jul 26, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca41 min
Jul 26, 11:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Jul 27, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Jul 27, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 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.