Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2009, 3:20 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. 7 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
- Aug 28, 2009, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:21 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Amherst, OH | |
| Aug 28, 3:21 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Elyria, OH | NEAR HWY 113 |
| Aug 28, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lorain, OH | |
| Aug 28, 3:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Elyria, OH | OVER ONE MINUTE OF QUARTER HAIL ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF ELYRIA |
| Aug 28, 3:35 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 S Elyria, OH | BETWEEN ELYRIA AND LAGRANGE ALONG SR 301 |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Elyria, OH | 8 MINUTES OF NICKEL HAIL |
| Aug 28, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Eaton Estates, OH |
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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 281920
TORCLE
OHC035-093-282000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0012.090828T1920Z-090828T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMHERST...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELYRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELYRIA...
SHEFFIELD...
GRAFTON...
NORTH RIDGEVILLE...
EATON ESTATES...
AVON...
OLMSTED FALLS...
NORTH OLMSTED...
WESTLAKE...
BAY VILLAGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4150 8189 4127 8184 4127 8197 4126 8198
4123 8231 4141 8232 4151 8195 4150 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 261DEG 20KT 4133 8219
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 281951
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
351 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
OHC035-093-282000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090828T2000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
351 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
LORAIN AND SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...
AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLMSTED FALLS...OR
7 MILES EAST OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTH OLMSTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4143 8188 4127 8184 4127 8197 4126 8204
4133 8203 4141 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 261DEG 20KT 4136 8197
$$
ADAMS000
WWUS51 KCLE 282002
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
402 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
OHC035-093-282013-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090828T2000Z/
LORAIN OH-CUYAHOGA OH-
402 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA AND EASTERN LORAIN
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 400 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4143 8188 4127 8184 4127 8197 4126 8204
4133 8203 4141 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 261DEG 20KT 4136 8197
$$
WILLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| Aug 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 28, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Marion | 3 hr |
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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.