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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min. 6 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
- May 1, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Holland, OH | |
| May 1, 5:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Holland, OH | |
| May 1, 5:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Maumee, OH | |
| May 1, 5:36 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Luckey, OH | |
| May 1, 6:03 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sw Maumee, OH | |
| May 1, 6:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 15 Ne Bowling Green, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 012109 TORCLE OHC095-173-012200- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.070501T2108Z-070501T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 508 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHITEHOUSE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF SWANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERRYSBURG...ROSSFORD AND 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4167 8383 4149 8385 4140 8342 4160 8343 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KCLE 012151 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 549 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 OHC095-173-012200- /O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070501T2200Z/ WOOD OH-LUCAS OH- 549 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES... AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLBURY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE CITY OF RUDOLPH IN WOOD COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4167 8383 4149 8385 4140 8342 4160 8343 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 64 min |
| May 1, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 80 min |
| May 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Wood | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| May 1, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 67 min |
| May 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Sandusky | 75 min |
| May 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 25 min |
| May 1, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 92 min | |
| May 1, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 50 min |
| May 1, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 60 min |
| May 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 58 min |
| May 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain | 56 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 52 min |
| May 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 71 min |
| May 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 53 min |
| May 1, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 64 min |
| May 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 60 min |
| May 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 64 min |
| May 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 82 min |
| May 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 64 min |
| May 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 57 min |
| May 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| May 1, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 64 min |
| May 1, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 61 min |
| May 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 60 min |
| May 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 1, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| May 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| May 1, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 30 min |
| May 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland | 4 hr |
| May 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 65 min |
| May 1, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 60 min |
| May 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 56 min |
| May 1, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 6 hr |
| May 1, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 30 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.