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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 4, 2010Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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 4, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2010, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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
Jun 4, 2:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Millersburg, OH

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
Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

363 
WFUS51 KCLE 041800
TORCLE
OHC075-041845-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0016.100604T1800Z-100604T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SHREVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLMESVILLE...
  MILLERSBURG...
  BERLIN...
  WALNUT CREEK...
  FARMERSTOWN...
  WINESBURG...

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 4052 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8218
      4067 8166 4046 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 268DEG 22KT 4060 8207

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

249 
WWUS51 KCLE 041812
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
212 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

OHC075-041845-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100604T1845Z/
HOLMES OH-
212 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR HOLMES
COUNTY...

AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLMESVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HOLMESVILLE...
MILLERSBURG...BERLIN...WALNUT CREEK...FARMERSTOWN AND WINESBURG.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8218
      4067 8166 4046 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 268DEG 22KT 4060 8197

$$

FITZ

714 
WWUS51 KCLE 041844
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

OHC075-041854-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-100604T1845Z/
HOLMES OH-
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOLMES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 245 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4052 8218 4057 8218 4057 8222 4067 8218
      4067 8166 4046 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 268DEG 22KT 4061 8171

$$

FITZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow, Richland	42 min
Jun 4, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	43 min
Jun 4, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Wayne	54 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	47 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow, Richland	40 min
Jun 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	46 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	44 min
Jun 4, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	44 min
Jun 4, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	40 min
Jun 4, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	43 min
Jun 4, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow, Richland	50 min
Jun 4, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne	58 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	33 min
Jun 4, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	48 min
Jun 4, 5:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	32 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	44 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.