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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 2009Holmes County, Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:44 PM EDT for Holmes County, Stark County, 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, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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, 7:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mount Eaton, OH	2 UPROOTED TREES. 3 SNAPPED TREES. NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 17, 8:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mount Eaton, OH	SEVERAL TREES DOWN

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 172344
TORCLE
OHC075-151-169-180030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.090617T2344Z-090618T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT EATON...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HOLMESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BREWSTER...
  WILMOT...
  BEACH CITY...
  WINESBURG...
  NAVARRE...

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 4084 8166 4066 8145 4065 8147 4063 8160
      4063 8165 4057 8166 4056 8168 4074 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 319DEG 31KT 4072 8171

$$
ASTIFAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 172354
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-151-169-180030-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090618T0030Z/
HOLMES OH-STARK OH-WAYNE OH-
754 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN STARK AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES
COUNTIES...

AT 753 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR MOUNT EATON...OR 14 
MILES EAST OF HOLMESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BREWSTER...WILMOT...
WINESBURG...NAVARRE AND BEACH CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE 
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 

&&

LAT...LON 4084 8166 4066 8145 4065 8147 4063 8160
      4063 8165 4057 8166 4056 8168 4074 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 312DEG 16KT 4070 8168

$$

ASTIFAN

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 180020
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-151-169-180030-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090618T0030Z/
HOLMES OH-STARK OH-WAYNE OH-
820 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN STARK
AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4084 8166 4066 8145 4065 8147 4063 8160
      4063 8165 4057 8166 4056 8168 4074 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 312DEG 16KT 4062 8156

$$

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, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	46 min
Jun 17, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	49 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.