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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2010, 7:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 9 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
- May 7, 2010, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Ese Bowling Green, OH | EF1...PATH WIDTH 150 YARDS...PATH LENGTH 2 MILES...FIVE BARNS LEVELED...SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE... TWO GRAIN BINS DESTROYED...MANY TREES AND LIMBS DOWNED. |
| May 7, 7:36 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Bowling Green, OH | TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED |
| May 7, 7:41 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Woodville, OH | |
| May 7, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Gibsonburg, OH | |
| May 7, 7:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fremont, OH | |
| May 7, 7:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fremont, OH | |
| May 7, 7:57 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Gibsonburg, OH | |
| May 7, 7:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fremont, OH | |
| May 7, 8:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Harbor, OH | TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561
WFUS51 KCLE 072332
TORCLE
OHC123-143-147-173-080015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.100507T2332Z-100508T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
732 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRADNER...
HELENA...
GIBSONBURG...
BURGOON...
STONY PRAIRIE...
LINDSEY...
FREMONT...
BALLVILLE...
CLYDE...
THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
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 8375 4159 8306 4154 8296 4148 8294
4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284 4118 8284
4116 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 255DEG 54KT 4129 8349
$$
TK3 follow-up statements
577
WWUS51 KCLE 072342
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
OHC123-143-147-173-080015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100508T0015Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-OTTAWA OH-
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
OTTAWA...SOUTHERN WOOD...SANDUSKY AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...
AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADNER...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STONY PRAIRIE BY 745 PM EDT...
STONY PRAIRIE...FREMONT AND BALLVILLE BY 750 PM EDT...
CLYDE BY 755 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4140 8375 4159 8306 4154 8296 4148 8294
4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284 4118 8284
4116 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 255DEG 54KT 4132 8329
$$
FITZ505
WWUS51 KCLE 072354
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
754 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
OHC123-143-147-173-080015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100508T0015Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-OTTAWA OH-
754 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
OTTAWA...SOUTHERN WOOD...SANDUSKY AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...
AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STONY PRAIRIE...OR
NEAR FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
THERE HAS BEEN UN-CONFIRMED REPORTS OF TORNADO IN SANDUSKY COUNTY.
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. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4140 8375 4159 8306 4154 8296 4148 8294
4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284 4118 8284
4116 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 255DEG 54KT 4136 8306
$$
FITZ930
WWUS51 KCLE 080008
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
808 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
OHC123-143-147-173-080015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100508T0015Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-OTTAWA OH-
808 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
OTTAWA...SOUTHERN WOOD...SANDUSKY AND NORTHERN SENECA COUNTIES...
AT 758 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLYDE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4140 8375 4159 8306 4154 8296 4148 8294
4146 8297 4143 8294 4142 8284 4118 8284
4116 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 255DEG 54KT 4142 8275
$$
FITZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:59 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CLE | 5 hr | |
| May 7, 3:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 11 hr | |
| May 7, 4:18 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 10 more | 11 hr |
| May 7, 9:18 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 37 hr | |
| May 7, 3:03 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain | 29 hr |
| May 7, 3:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 17 more | 29 hr |
| May 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 48 min |
| May 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 111 min | |
| May 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 51 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.