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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 2008Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2008, 12:47 AM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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
May 31, 2008, 12:47 AM EDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2008, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 1:30 AM EDTTORNADOArcadia, OHAROUND 10 HOMES BADLY DAMAGED EF1 AND EF2. APPROXIMATE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN 130 TO 135 AM.
May 31, 1:35 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Fostoria, OHHOUSE DESTROYED.
May 31, 1:37 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Fostoria, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
May 31, 1:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGArcadia, OHINTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 330 AND 216 BLOCKED BY TREES AND POWERLINES.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 310448
TORCLE
OHC063-173-310530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.080531T0447Z-080531T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1247 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A ROTATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 
MILES WEST OF  MCCOMB...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTAR... 
MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
  BALTIMORE...FINDLAY...VAN BUREN...ARCADIA AND FOSTORIA

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 4111 8388 4120 8388 4123 8387 4129 8342
      4115 8341 4115 8342 4100 8342 4100 8388
      4110 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 262DEG 37KT 4111 8394

$$

KOSARIK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 310507
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
107 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

OHC063-173-310530-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080531T0530Z/
HANCOCK OH-WOOD OH-
107 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WOOD AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 1259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A ROTATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR MCCOMB...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY...MOVING EAST AT 
43 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAN
BUREN...CYGNET...BAIRDSTOWN...JERRY CITY...BLOOMDALE...ARCADIA...WEST
MILLGROVE...FOSTORIA AND RISINGSUN

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 4111 8388 4120 8388 4123 8387 4129 8342
      4115 8341 4115 8342 4100 8342 4100 8388
      4110 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 262DEG 37KT 4113 8367

$$

WILLARD
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 310532
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
132 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

OHC063-173-310542-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080531T0530Z/
HANCOCK OH-WOOD OH-
132 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 130 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4111 8388 4120 8388 4123 8387 4129 8342
      4115 8341 4115 8342 4100 8342 4100 8388
      4110 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 262DEG 37KT 4113 8367

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock32 min
May 31, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock, Seneca43 min
May 31, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca42 min
May 31, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox29 min
May 31, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 31, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 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.