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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2009, 3:47 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2009, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2009, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 281947
TORCLE
OHC035-093-103-282030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0013.090828T1947Z-090828T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLMSTED FALLS...
LITCHFIELD...
BEREA...
STRONGSVILLE...
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS...
BRUNSWICK...
NORTH ROYALTON...
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS...
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 4140 8164 4128 8167 4128 8169 4120 8168
4110 8170 4122 8207 4137 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 285DEG 10KT 4129 8198
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCLE 282015
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
OHC035-093-103-282025-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090828T2030Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
415 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEDINA...EASTERN LORAIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.
LAT...LON 4140 8164 4128 8167 4128 8169 4120 8168
4110 8170 4122 8207 4137 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 285DEG 10KT 4127 8188
$$The 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, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 40 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.