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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 31, 2008Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2008, 1:32 AM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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, 1:32 AM EDT (05:32 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2008, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 1:35 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.
May 31, 1:40 AM EDT	TORNADO	Fostoria, OH	AROUND 30 HOMES DAMAGED...EF1.
May 31, 1:48 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Fostoria, OH	TWO HOMES AND SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 310532
TORCLE
OHC063-147-310615-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0007.080531T0532Z-080531T0615Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  WESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 131 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ARCADIA...
  OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOSTORIA...MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  RIEGEL AND TIFFIN

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 4126 8316 4105 8315 4102 8355 4113 8356
      4117 8342 4125 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 249DEG 38KT 4110 8349

$$
LEINS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 310548
SVSCLE

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

OHC063-147-310615-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080531T0615Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-
147 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR WESTERN
SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 142 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FOSTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIFFIN
AND BETTSVILLE

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 4116 8347 4115 8345 4116 8345 4117 8341
      4125 8328 4126 8316 4105 8315 4102 8355
      4112 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 237DEG 28KT 4115 8335

$$

WILLARD

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 310612
SVSCLE

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

OHC063-147-310622-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080531T0615Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-
212 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4116 8347 4115 8345 4116 8345 4117 8341
      4125 8328 4126 8316 4105 8315 4102 8355
      4112 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 237DEG 28KT 4125 8313

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 12:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	43 min
May 31, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	32 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

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.