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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 28, 2009Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

LAPLANTE
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Aug 28, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie38 min
Aug 28, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 28, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain56 min
Aug 28, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain40 min
Aug 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot61 min
Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Lorain3 hr
Aug 28, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca57 min
Aug 28, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot56 min
Aug 28, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga3 hr
Aug 28, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMarion3 hr

Nearby

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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.