Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2007, 7:41 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 14, 2007, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 142342
TORCLE
OHC093-150015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.070314T2341Z-070315T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
741 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 738 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NEAR
I90 AND ROUTE 57 IN ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL TRACK EAST TOWEARD NORTH RIDGEVILLE.
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 4150 8196 4150 8197 4135 8197 4134 8187
4133 8187 4133 8187 4133 8207 4133 8206
4149 8206
$$
KOSARIK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 150009
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
806 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
OHC093-150015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070315T0015Z/
LORAIN OH-
806 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
LORAIN COUNTY...
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF THE MIDWAY
MALL NEAR ELYRIA ALONG GRISWOLD ROAD ABOUT 750 PM EDT. THIS STORM
HAS DISSIPATED BUT THERE ARE STILL THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
ROTATION... OVER NORTHEAST LORAIN COUNTY. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4150 8196 4150 8197 4135 8197 4134 8187
4133 8187 4133 8187 4133 8207 4133 8206
4146 8220 4149 8206
$$
KOSARIK000
WWUS51 KCLE 150017
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
816 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
OHC093-150026-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070315T0015Z/
LORAIN OH-
816 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LORAIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 PM EDT...
THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
EAST.
LAT...LON 4150 8196 4150 8197 4135 8197 4134 8187
4133 8187 4133 8187 4133 8207 4133 8206
4146 8220 4149 8206
$$
KOSARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 11:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.