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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 2009Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:14 PM EDT for Wayne 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 17, 2009, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 17, 7:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Smithville, OH	4 LARGE LIMBS DOWN. CORN CROP LEANING OVER.
Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Smithville, OH	EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS STORM SURVEY. INTERMITTENT PATH 4 MILES LONG. GARDEN SHED DESTROYED. OVER TWO DOZEN TREES SNAPPED ALONG PATH. PATH EVIDENT IN CROP FIELDS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 172314
TORCLE
OHC169-180000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.090617T2314Z-090618T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
714 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS   
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WOOSTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHVILLE...
  ORRVILLE...
  APPLE CREEK...
  DALTON...

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 HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4086 8164 4079 8165 4068 8175 4084 8202
      4096 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 304DEG 26KT 4087 8189

$$
ASTIFAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 172331
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
731 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

OHC169-180000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090618T0000Z/
WAYNE OH-
731 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WAYNE
COUNTY...

AT 727 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
NEAR SMITHVILLE...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOOSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...APPLE CREEK AND
DALTON.

IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4086 8164 4079 8165 4068 8175 4084 8202
      4096 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 317DEG 26KT 4083 8183

$$

ASTIFAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark	46 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	46 min
Jun 17, 5:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	24 min
Jun 17, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 17, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning	3 hr
Jun 17, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	49 min
Jun 17, 7:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	46 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.