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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2010Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2010, 8:11 PM EDT for Erie County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2010, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 8:15 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Huron, OH
May 7, 8:16 PM EDTHAIL 14 Se Sandusky, OH
May 7, 8:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuron, OHMOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...CAR PORTS DOWN...POWER POLES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 679 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
679 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
741 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

477 
WFUS51 KCLE 080011
TORCLE
OHC043-123-080045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0002.100508T0011Z-100508T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
811 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTALIA...OR NEAR SANDUSKY...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HURON...
  BERLIN HEIGHTS...

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 4143 8291 4146 8285 4147 8269 4149 8268
      4151 8273 4151 8270 4142 8258 4140 8252
      4139 8249 4144 8234 4129 8234 4129 8283
      4142 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 255DEG 42KT 4142 8272

$$

KING
2 follow-up statements
670 
WWUS51 KCLE 080031
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
831 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHC043-123-080045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100508T0045Z/
OTTAWA OH-ERIE OH-
831 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR ERIE
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 826 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HURON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SANDUSKY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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 4143 8291 4146 8285 4147 8269 4149 8268
      4151 8273 4151 8270 4142 8258 4140 8252
      4139 8249 4144 8234 4129 8234 4129 8283
      4142 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 255DEG 42KT 4148 8242

$$

FITZ
592 
WWUS51 KCLE 080042
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
842 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHC043-123-080052-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100508T0045Z/
OTTAWA OH-ERIE OH-
842 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND
EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT 845 PM
EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4143 8291 4146 8285 4147 8269 4149 8268
      4151 8273 4151 8270 4142 8258 4140 8252
      4139 8249 4144 8234 4129 8234 4129 8283
      4142 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 255DEG 42KT 4151 8225

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain29 min
May 7, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake43 min
May 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky48 min
May 7, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot39 min
May 7, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit45 min
May 7, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull55 min
May 7, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot55 min
May 7, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE112 min
May 7, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga30 min
May 7, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull39 min
May 7, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Richland44 min
May 7, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake28 min
May 7, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull78 min
May 7, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull29 min
May 7, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Richland, Wayne37 min
May 7, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox52 min
May 7, 10:50 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryCLE21 hr
May 7, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland22 min
May 7, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull41 min
May 8, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull25 min
May 8, 3:55 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more23 hr

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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.