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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 11, 2010Wayne County, Ohio

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 677 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

KUBINA
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Wayne44 min
May 11, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow48 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.