Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2010, 8:47 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
- May 11, 2010, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 729 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928
WFUS51 KCLE 120047
TORCLE
OHC169-120115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0010.100512T0047Z-100512T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
847 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESTON...OR 6 MILES WEST OF RITTMAN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RITTMAN...
ORRVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN...
MARSHALLVILLE...
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 4086 8203 4099 8203 4099 8167 4098 8164
4082 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 272DEG 26KT 4094 8188
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
781 WWUS51 KCLE 120107 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 907 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010 OHC169-120115- /O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-100512T0115Z/ WAYNE OH- 907 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY... AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...MARSHALLVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. && LAT...LON 4093 8188 4089 8165 4082 8165 4085 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 292DEG 30KT 4082 8184 $$ THOMPSON
809 WWUS51 KCLE 120114 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010 OHC169-120123- /O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-100512T0115Z/ WAYNE OH- 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4093 8188 4089 8165 4082 8165 4085 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 292DEG 30KT 4080 8177 $$ THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.