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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 5, 2007Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2007, 8:39 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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 5, 2007, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2007, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 5, 8:42 PM EDTTORNADOCarey, OHA TORNADO WAS SITED ON THE GROUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAREY. NUMEROUS SITINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR TYMOCHTEE THROUGH 924PM EDT. THERE WAS ONE REPORT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE ON THE SOUTH SI

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2007-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1806 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2007-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
1806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 060039
TORCLE
OHC175-060145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0014.070806T0039Z-070806T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
839 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 836 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTH OF UPPER SANDUSKY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SYCAMORE

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 4099 8344 4086 8343 4076 8312 4099 8310

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060046
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

OHC175-060145-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070806T0145Z/
WYANDOT OH-
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WYANDOT COUNTY...

AT 843 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE 
INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 23 AND U.S ROUTE 15.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED EAST OF CAREY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF UPPER 
SANDUSKY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEVADA.

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 4099 8344 4086 8343 4076 8312 4099 8310

$$
LEINS
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060126
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
925 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

OHC175-060145-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070806T0145Z/
WYANDOT OH-
925 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WYANDOT COUNTY...

AT 924 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEVADA...OR ABOUT 
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF UPPER SANDUSKY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A 
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR TYMOCHTEE AT 
920 PM.  

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 4099 8344 4086 8343 4076 8312 4099 8310

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060144
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
944 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

OHC175-060154-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070806T0145Z/
WYANDOT OH-
944 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4099 8344 4086 8343 4076 8312 4099 8310

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca41 min
Aug 5, 9:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford42 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.