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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 24, 2007Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min. 4 reports 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 24, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSylvania, OHTREE DOWNED ON A HOUSE. ALSO A TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 65Toledo, OHTHUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 65 MPH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOLEDO.
Aug 24, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGToledo, OHLIMBS DOWNED ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOLEDO.
Aug 24, 6:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGToledo, OHTREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED AT POINT PLACE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2007-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2007-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 242222
TORCLE
OHC095-242315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0028.070824T2222Z-070824T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
622 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  SYLVANIA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOLLAND AND OREGON

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4177 8400 4159 8401 4162 8329 4174 8337

$$

MRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 242240
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
639 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

OHC095-242315-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070824T2315Z/
LUCAS OH-
639 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LUCAS COUNTY...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
LOCATED NEAR BERKEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOLEDO...MOVING 
EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTAWA
HILLS...HARBOR VIEW AND OREGON

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 4177 8400 4159 8401 4162 8329 4174 8337

$$

WILLARD
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 242310
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
709 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

OHC095-242319-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070824T2315Z/
LUCAS OH-
709 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
EDT...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LUCAS COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 
730 PM...


LAT...LON 4177 8400 4159 8401 4162 8329 4174 8337

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 10:57 PM EDTFlood WatchCLEErie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and 2 more36 hr
Aug 24, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Aug 24, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Aug 24, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas75 min
Aug 24, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 24, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood76 min
Aug 24, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa43 min
Aug 24, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.