Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 11, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 120110 TORCLE OHC005-077-093-103-120145- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.080412T0110Z-080412T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 910 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... EAST CENTRAL HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW LONDON...OR ABOUT NEAR FITCHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 62 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WELLINGTON BY 915 PM 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 4133 8222 4114 8212 4100 8241 4116 8250 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 233DEG 54KT 4113 8237 $$ ASTIFAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Apr 11, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Richland | 26 min |
| Apr 11, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 9:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Medina | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 11, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.