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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 2008Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2008, 9:03 AM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2008, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2008, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 131303
TORCLE
OHC033-131345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0016.080913T1303Z-080913T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
903 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 857 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  CRESTLINE...OR NEAR BUCYRUS...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CRESTLINE BY 930 AM EDT...

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 4093 8272 4074 8273 4082 8303 4092 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 274DEG 22KT 4086 8294

$$

LOMBARDY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 131324
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
924 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

OHC033-131345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080913T1345Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
920 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 915 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF NORTH ROBINSON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE TIRO AND CRESTLINE.

THERE WAS A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF BUCYRUS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4093 8272 4074 8273 4082 8303 4092 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 274DEG 22KT 4085 8280

$$

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 131339
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
939 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

OHC033-131347-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080913T1345Z/
CRAWFORD OH-
937 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKEN AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. SEVERE WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED TO NO LONGER AFFECT THE WARNED AREA BY THE EXPIRATION TIME. 
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4093 8272 4074 8273 4082 8303 4092 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 274DEG 22KT 4084 8266

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.