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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 2007Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2007, 3:21 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 8, 2007, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
Jun 8, 3:22 PM EDTHAIL 2.52 Se Mogadore, OHTENNIS BALL HAIL... TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL.
Jun 8, 3:26 PM EDTHAIL 1.7510 Nw Alliance, OHGOLF BALL HAIL IN ATWATER.
Jun 8, 3:41 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 605 Se Ravenna, OHINTERSECTION OF SR14 AND I76 IN EDINBURG.
Jun 8, 4:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.7510 Nw Alliance, OHGOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN ATWATER.

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
Jun 8, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 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 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 081921
TORCLE
OHC133-082000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0010.070608T1921Z-070608T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
321 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR            
  BRIMFIELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 45     
  MPH.  A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED SOUTH OF AKRON.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4114 8138 4099 8140 4099 8099 4113 8099

$$

MRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 081944
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

OHC133-082000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T2000Z/
PORTAGE OH-
343 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
PORTAGE COUNTY...

AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR 
BRIMFIELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RAVENNA...MOVING EAST AT 25 
MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF AKRON.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4114 8138 4099 8140 4099 8099 4113 8099

$$

LW
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 081958
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
359 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

OHC133-082009-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T2000Z/
PORTAGE OH-
359 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM
EDT...

LAT...LON 4114 8138 4099 8140 4099 8099 4113 8099

$$

LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock47 min
Jun 8, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot43 min
Jun 8, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford50 min
Jun 8, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca39 min
Jun 8, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood66 min
Jun 8, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron58 min
Jun 8, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland49 min
Jun 8, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa59 min
Jun 8, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky56 min
Jun 8, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland53 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain63 min
Jun 8, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina55 min
Jun 8, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood53 min
Jun 8, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky46 min
Jun 8, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit59 min
Jun 8, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie28 min
Jun 8, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie27 min
Jun 8, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage63 min
Jun 8, 3:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit29 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark60 min
Jun 8, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland56 min
Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina60 min
Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning56 min
Jun 8, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit67 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 8, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning54 min
Jun 8, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull67 min
Jun 8, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage49 min
Jun 8, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark63 min
Jun 8, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne42 min
Jun 8, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes38 min
Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark63 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.