Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wooster, OH | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 20 min |
| Aug 13, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 64 min |
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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.