Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 6:39 PM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 19, 2009, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 7:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Knox County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 3316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 192239
TORCLE
OHC083-192330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.090619T2239Z-090619T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
639 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAMBIER...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY
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 4038 8226 4037 8218 4029 8218 4024 8219
4023 8220 4023 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 293DEG 16KT 4028 8225
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 192251
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
651 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
OHC083-192330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090619T2330Z/
KNOX OH-
651 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY...
AT 649 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
VERNON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4038 8226 4037 8218 4029 8218 4024 8219
4023 8220 4023 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 293DEG 16KT 4026 8219
$$
WILLARD000
WWUS51 KCLE 192312
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
712 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
OHC083-192322-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090619T2330Z/
KNOX OH-
712 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4038 8226 4037 8218 4029 8218 4024 8219
4023 8220 4023 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 293DEG 16KT 4022 8208
$$
KIELTYKAThe 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, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.