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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2008, 5:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 21, 2008, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2008, 5:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Wellington, OH | TWO TREES DOWN |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nw Wellington, OH | |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Nw Wellington, OH | |
| Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lagrange, OH | |
| Jun 21, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wellington, OH | SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ne Spencer, OH | SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 212105 TORCLE OHC005-077-093-103-212145- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0011.080621T2105Z-080621T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 505 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... EAST CENTRAL HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... WEST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WELLINGTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FITCHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPENCER AND LAGRANGE. 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. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 4127 8199 4108 8197 4105 8237 4123 8241 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 262DEG 30KT 4115 8227 $$ MELLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KCLE 212135 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 533 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 OHC005-077-093-103-212143- /O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080621T2145Z/ ASHLAND OH-MEDINA OH-HURON OH-LORAIN OH- 533 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LORAIN...EAST CENTRAL HURON... WEST CENTRAL MEDINA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF A TORNADO FROM THE SEVERE THUDERSTORM AFFECTING THIS AREA HAS ENDED. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4127 8199 4108 8197 4105 8237 4123 8241 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 262DEG 30KT 4118 8196 $$ MITCHELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 58 min | |
| Jun 21, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 59 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 34 min |
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.