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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 6, 2008Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2008, 2:46 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 20 min. 2 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 6, 2008, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2008, 3:06 AM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 6, 2:58 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Eastlake, OH	PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED.
Aug 6, 3:05 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Willowick, OH	PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 060646
TORCLE
OHC035-085-060715-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0015.080806T0646Z-080806T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
246 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 241 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF EUCLID...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EASTLAKE...WILLOUGHBY AND MENTOR

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 4164 8123 4163 8129 4157 8129 4156 8138
      4144 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138 4135 8138
      4157 8161 4162 8154 4162 8150 4172 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 318DEG 31KT 4166 8155

$$

KING

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 060706
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
306 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008

OHC035-085-060716-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080806T0715Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LAKE OH-
306 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN
CUYAHOGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4164 8123 4163 8129 4157 8129 4156 8138
      4144 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138 4135 8138
      4157 8161 4162 8154 4162 8150 4172 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 312DEG 40KT 4156 8134

$$

KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		56 min
Aug 6, 2:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		61 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.