Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 9:27 PM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 6, 2008, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | Findlay, OH | KFDY AIRPORT ASOS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCLE 070127 TORCLE OHC063-147-173-070215- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0008.080607T0127Z-080607T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 927 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... WEST CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 922 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FINDLAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARCADIA 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. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4126 8351 4108 8335 4098 8364 4110 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 235DEG 66KT 4110 8358 $$ LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCLE 070142 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 941 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 OHC063-147-173-070215- /O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080607T0215Z/ HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-WOOD OH- 941 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...WEST CENTRAL SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 933 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF ARCADIA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF FOSTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 76 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT THE FINDLAY AIRPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4126 8351 4108 8335 4098 8364 4110 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 235DEG 66KT 4116 8323 $$ FITZ
000 WWUS51 KCLE 070157 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 958 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 OHC063-147-173-070208- /O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080607T0215Z/ HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-WOOD OH- 958 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...WEST CENTRAL SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4126 8351 4108 8335 4098 8364 4110 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 235DEG 66KT 4124 8281 $$ FITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 82 min | |
| Jun 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 36 min | |
| Jun 6, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland, Wyandot | 19 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.