Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sylvania, OH | TREE DOWNED ON A HOUSE. ALSO A TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Toledo, OH | THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 65 MPH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOLEDO. |
| Aug 24, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Toledo, OH | LIMBS DOWNED ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOLEDO. |
| Aug 24, 6:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Toledo, OH | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 10:57 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Aug 24, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| Aug 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 75 min |
| Aug 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 24, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 76 min |
| Aug 24, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 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.