Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 9:36 PM EDT for Ashland County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 120136
TORCLE
OHC005-093-103-120215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.080412T0136Z-080412T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
936 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
LODI...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MEDINA AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD BY 950 PM EDT...
BRUNSWICK BY 955 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 4128 8190 4126 8168 4113 8170 4098 8205
4107 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 235DEG 52KT 4105 8206
$$
ASTIFAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 120202
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1001 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
OHC005-093-120211-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080412T0215Z/
ASHLAND OH-LORAIN OH-
1001 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LORAIN AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4102 8213 4126 8175 4126 8169 4125 8169
4113 8170 4105 8189 4103 8193 4103 8196
4101 8198 4098 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 245DEG 49KT 4119 8164
$$
OHC103-120215-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080412T0215Z/
MEDINA OH-
1001 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR MEDINA
COUNTY...
AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 11 MILES EAST
OF MEDINA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AKRON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
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 4102 8213 4126 8175 4126 8169 4125 8169
4113 8170 4105 8189 4103 8193 4103 8196
4101 8198 4098 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 245DEG 49KT 4119 8164
$$
ASTIFAN000
WWUS51 KCLE 120214
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1014 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
OHC103-120224-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080412T0215Z/
MEDINA OH-
1014 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MEDINA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1015 PM EDT...
THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF MEDINA COUNTY...AND THE SEVERE THREAT
HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4102 8213 4126 8175 4126 8169 4125 8169
4113 8170 4105 8189 4103 8193 4103 8196
4101 8198 4098 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 245DEG 49KT 4126 8142
$$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, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 35 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 |
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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.