Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Luckey, OH | QUARTER 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.
- 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
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
$$
LOMBARDY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 072343
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
743 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007
OHC173-072353-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070807T2345Z/
WOOD OH-
743 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4157 8360 4161 8357 4162 8342 4147 8341
4147 8342 4142 8342 4143 8361 4143 8364
4156 8364
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:17 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CLE | Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Wood, Wyandot | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 8:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lorain | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 9:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 12:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 18 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 64 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.