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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 20, 2005Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2005, 4:20 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 20, 2005, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2005, 4:48 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Aug 20, 4:20 PM EDTTORNADO2 N Medina, OHTWIN F1 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND FOR 100 YARDS AND 60 TO 75 FEET WIDE DESTROYED A 60 FOOT BY 100 FOOT POLE BARN AND A STORAGE SHED.

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 20, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2005-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2005-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 202020
TORCLE
OHC103-202100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.050820T2020Z-050820T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4127 8168 4110 8168 4110 8187 4121 8187
      4121 8188 4127 8188

$$

MRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 202024
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
424 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

OHC103-202100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050820T2100Z/
MEDINA OH-
424 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR MEDINA COUNTY...


AT 419 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 
20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE NORTHEAST MEDINA COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 4127 8168 4110 8168 4110 8187 4121 8187
      4121 8188 4127 8188

$$

LEINS
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 202048
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
445 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005

OHC103-202055-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050820T2100Z/
MEDINA OH-
445 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MEDINA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK HAS 
MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED. IT NO LONGER POSES A TORNADO THREAT FOR 
MEDINA COUNTY. SPECIFIC DAMAGE REPORTS FROM THE TORNADO HAVE NOT YET 
BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 4127 8168 4110 8168 4110 8187 4121 8187
      4121 8188 4127 8188

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit, Wayne47 min
Aug 20, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark43 min
Aug 20, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron61 min
Aug 20, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion56 min
Aug 20, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Aug 20, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina67 min
Aug 20, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow47 min
Aug 20, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland59 min
Aug 20, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga70 min
Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain51 min
Aug 20, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE87 min
Aug 20, 4:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain116 min
Aug 20, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake46 min
Aug 20, 5:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie2 hr
Aug 20, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain2 hr

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.