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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 9, 2008Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2008, 6:59 PM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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: Jun 9, 2008, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 9, 7:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Fostoria, OH
Jun 9, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Arcadia, OH	BARN DESTROYED AND MANY TREES UPROOTED.

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 9, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 092259
TORCLE
OHC063-147-092345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0009.080609T2259Z-080609T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
659 PM EDT MON JUN 9 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 745 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FINDLAY...
  MOVING EAST AT 63 MPH.

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

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4112 8367 4117 8349 4117 8342 4119 8341
      4125 8319 4105 8307 4098 8341 4099 8345
      4097 8346 4094 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 255DEG 55KT 4106 8351

$$

KOSARIK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 092311
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
710 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

OHC063-147-092345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080609T2345Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-
710 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARCADIA...OR ABOUT 7
MILES EAST OF FINDLAY...MOVING EAST AT 52 MPH.

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

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. A WIND GUST TO 67
MPH AT THE FINDLAY AIRPORT AT 651 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 4112 8367 4117 8349 4117 8342 4119 8341
      4125 8319 4105 8307 4098 8341 4099 8345
      4097 8346 4094 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 254DEG 45KT 4108 8340

$$

THOMPSON

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 092344
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
744 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

OHC063-147-092354-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080609T2345Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-
744 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 745 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4112 8367 4117 8349 4117 8342 4119 8341
      4125 8319 4105 8307 4098 8341 4099 8345
      4097 8346 4094 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 254DEG 45KT 4120 8286

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	53 min
Jun 9, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	34 min
Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	44 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	34 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	18 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	54 min
Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more	63 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	46 min
Jun 9, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	23 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	43 min
Jun 9, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 9, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	32 min
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	29 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland	63 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.