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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2007, 2:55 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2007, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2007, 3:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 20, 3:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, OH | POLE BARN BLOWN OVER. |
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 20, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 201854 TORCLE OHC139-201945- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0027.070820T1855Z-070820T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 255 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BELLVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUTLER. 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 4072 8262 4056 8262 4056 8234 4072 8235 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KCLE 201919 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 319 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007 OHC139-201929- /O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070820T1945Z/ RICHLAND OH- 319 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4072 8262 4056 8262 4056 8234 4072 8235 $$ THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 5:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Seneca | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 20 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 20 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Wood | 22 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 11 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage | 11 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 18 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 24 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 4 days |
| Aug 20, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 2:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Morrow | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 2:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 59 hr |
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.