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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 13, 2005Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2005, 6:33 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2005, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2005, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
Aug 13, 6:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWooster, OHTREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2005-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 132233
TORCLE
OHC169-132315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.050813T2233Z-050813T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
633 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  WOOSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CRESTON
  DOYLESTOWN
  ORRVILLE
  RITTMAN
  WOOSTER

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

LAT...LON 4093 8211 4093 8209 4098 8195 4098 8165
      4084 8165 4074 8206 4074 8209 4078 8210
      4081 8212 4092 8212

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 132252
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
652 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

OHC169-132315-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050813T2315Z/
WAYNE OH-
652 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR WAYNE COUNTY...


AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOOSTER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRESTON...
  SMITHVILLE...
  ORRVILLE...
  RITTMAN...
  MARSHALLVILLE...
  DOYLESTOWN...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4093 8211 4093 8209 4098 8195 4098 8165
      4084 8165 4074 8206 4074 8209 4078 8210
      4081 8212 4092 8212

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 132312
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
712 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005

OHC169-132322-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050813T2315Z/
WAYNE OH-
712 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4093 8211 4093 8209 4098 8195 4098 8165
      4084 8165 4074 8206 4074 8209 4078 8210
      4081 8212 4092 8212

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot61 min
Aug 13, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion57 min
Aug 13, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland67 min
Aug 13, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot54 min
Aug 13, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland67 min
Aug 13, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne20 min
Aug 13, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.