Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 6:55 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 8, 2009, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:20 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Perrysburg, OH | NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS. NO DAMAGE. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION TORNADO UNCONFIRMED. |
| Mar 8, 7:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Perrysburg, OH | BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 082255
TORCLE
OHC095-173-082345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.090308T2255Z-090308T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
655 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOLEDO...
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
WHITEHOUSE...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADOES.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WHITEHOUSE AND WATERVILLE BY 700 PM EDT...
HOLLAND BY 705 PM EDT...
PERRYSBURG AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVANIA BY 710 PM EDT...
TOLEDO...ROSSFORD AND NORTHWOOD BY 715 PM EDT...
OREGON BY 720 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8347 4170 8343 4170 8335
4173 8334 4168 8330 4164 8320 4164 8316
4162 8314 4161 8341 4152 8341 4139 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 239DEG 49KT 4150 8387
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 082330
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
730 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
OHC095-173-082345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090308T2345Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
730 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR LUCAS AND
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY PERRYSBURG
POLICE NEAR INTERSTATE 75 AND ROUTE 795. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF MAUMEE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 56 MPH. ADDITIONAL BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WHITEHOUSE...WATERVILLE...WALBRIDGE...
TOLEDO...PERRYSBURG...OREGON...NORTHWOOD...MILLBURY...
HOLLAND...HASKINS...HARBOR VIEW AND BERKEY.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4172 8387 4173 8347 4170 8343 4170 8335
4173 8334 4168 8330 4164 8320 4164 8316
4162 8314 4161 8341 4152 8341 4139 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 239DEG 49KT 4161 8360
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 22 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 69 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 30 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 18 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 2:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 67 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:15 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 18 hr | |
| Mar 8, 3:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 41 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.