Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:30 AM EDT | TORNADO | Arcadia, OH | AROUND 10 HOMES BADLY DAMAGED EF1 AND EF2. APPROXIMATE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN 130 TO 135 AM. |
| May 31, 1:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Fostoria, OH | HOUSE DESTROYED. |
| May 31, 1:37 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Fostoria, OH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| May 31, 1:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arcadia, OH | INTERSECTION 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.
- 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
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
$$
KOSARIK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 310507
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
107 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
OHC063-173-310530-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080531T0530Z/
HANCOCK OH-WOOD OH-
107 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WOOD AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 1259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A ROTATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MCCOMB...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY...MOVING EAST AT
43 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAN
BUREN...CYGNET...BAIRDSTOWN...JERRY CITY...BLOOMDALE...ARCADIA...WEST
MILLGROVE...FOSTORIA AND RISINGSUN
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4111 8388 4120 8388 4123 8387 4129 8342
4115 8341 4115 8342 4100 8342 4100 8388
4110 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 262DEG 37KT 4113 8367
$$
WILLARD000
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
$$
WILLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 32 min |
| May 31, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca | 43 min |
| May 31, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 42 min |
| May 31, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 29 min |
| May 31, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 110 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.