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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 5, 2007Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2007, 9:22 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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
Aug 5, 2007, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2007, 10:04 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 060122
TORCLE
OHC033-060215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0015.070806T0122Z-070806T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES   
NORTHWEST OF BUCYRUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAREY. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CHATFIELD...NEW WASHINGTON...GALION AND CRESTLINE

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 8309 4070 8311 4071 8273 4099 8272

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060204
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1004 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

OHC033-060214-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070806T0215Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
1004 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED 
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4099 8309 4070 8311 4071 8273 4099 8272

$$

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, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWyandot66 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.