Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 6:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Holmes County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Glenmont, OH | |
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Killbuck, OH |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 192230
TORCLE
OHC075-192315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.090619T2230Z-090619T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
630 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KILLBUCK...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MILLERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERLIN...
WALNUT CREEK...
FARMERSTOWN...
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 4056 8166 4045 8166 4044 8167 4044 8196
4045 8212 4060 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 280DEG 38KT 4050 8197
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 192244
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
OHC075-192315-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090619T2315Z/
HOLMES OH-
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HOLMES COUNTY...
AT 642 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR KILLBUCK...OR NEAR MILLERSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BERLIN...FARMERSTOWN
AND WALNUT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 8166 4045 8166 4044 8167 4044 8196
4045 8212 4060 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 293DEG 22KT 4047 8193
$$
WILLARD000
WWUS51 KCLE 192257
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
OHC075-192307-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090619T2315Z/
HOLMES OH-
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4056 8166 4045 8166 4044 8167 4044 8196
4045 8212 4060 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 293DEG 22KT 4044 8183
$$
WILLARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Wayne | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 33 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.