Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2007, 4:12 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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 9, 2007, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ashland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 9, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Ne Ashland, OH | ROOF OFF BLACK RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND MANY TREES DOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 092011 TORCLE OHC005-092045- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0020.070809T2012Z-070809T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 412 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAVANNAH... OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLK IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4106 8242 4090 8240 4089 8213 4106 8216 $$ LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCLE 092023 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 423 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 OHC005-092045- /O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070809T2045Z/ ASHLAND OH- 423 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY... AT 402 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAILEY LAKES...OR ABOUT NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4106 8242 4090 8240 4089 8213 4106 8216 $$ FITZ
000 WWUS51 KCLE 092037 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 437 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 OHC005-092047- /O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070809T2045Z/ ASHLAND OH- 437 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4106 8242 4090 8240 4089 8213 4106 8216 $$ FITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | CLE | 119 min | |
| Aug 9, 5:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Aug 9, 5:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Summit | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 9 min |
| Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Richland | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 71 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 44 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.