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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2007Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2007, 7:18 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2007, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 7, 7:30 PM EDTHAIL 1Luckey, OHQUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 741 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
741 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 072318
TORCLE
OHC173-072345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0016.070807T2318Z-070807T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
718 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR PERRYSBURG...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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 4157 8360 4161 8357 4162 8342 4147 8341
      4147 8342 4142 8342 4143 8361 4143 8364
      4156 8364

$$

LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 072343
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
743 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

OHC173-072353-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070807T2345Z/
WOOD OH-
743 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4157 8360 4161 8357 4162 8342 4147 8341
      4147 8342 4142 8342 4143 8361 4143 8364
      4156 8364

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:17 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEHancock, Marion, Morrow, Wood, Wyandot6 hr
Aug 7, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 6:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 7:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie27 min
Aug 7, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 8:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga4 hr
Aug 7, 8:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain4 hr
Aug 7, 9:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga54 min
Aug 7, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 9:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain4 hr
Aug 7, 9:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELake4 hr
Aug 7, 10:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit4 hr
Aug 7, 10:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull62 min
Aug 7, 12:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga4 hr
Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELorain4 hr
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood18 min
Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.