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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2010Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2010, 2:30 PM EDT for Trumbull 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 5, 2010, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2010, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 5, 2:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarren, OHFEW TREES 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
Jun 5, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

998 
WFUS51 KCLE 051830
TORCLE
OHC155-051915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0020.100605T1830Z-100605T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
230 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 227 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NORTHWEST OF NEWTON 
FALLS...OR 9 MILES WEST OF WARREN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM 
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH CANAL...
  NEWTON FALLS...
  TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE...
  LORDSTOWN...
  WARREN...
  BOLINDALE...
  MINERAL RIDGE...

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 4113 8070 4114 8100 4128 8101 4124 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 303DEG 5KT 4121 8099

$$
2 follow-up statements
169 
WWUS51 KCLE 051859
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
259 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHC155-051915-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-100605T1915Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
259 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY...

AT 255 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTON FALLS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WARREN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LORDSTOWN...
WARREN...BOLINDALE AND MINERAL RIDGE.

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 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4113 8070 4114 8100 4128 8101 4124 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 303DEG 5KT 4119 8094

$$

FITZ
176 
WWUS51 KCLE 051913
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHC155-051924-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-100605T1915Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
313 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY EXPIRES AT
315 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4113 8070 4114 8100 4128 8101 4124 8068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 303DEG 5KT 4118 8091

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Jun 5, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE60 min
Jun 5, 3:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more28 hr
Jun 5, 4:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow44 min
Jun 5, 4:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEKnox, Marion, Morrow3 hr
Jun 5, 10:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark12 hr
Jun 5, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland43 min
Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland49 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot3 hr
Jun 5, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne49 min
Jun 5, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes27 min
Jun 5, 2:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLETrumbull10 hr
Jun 5, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox38 min
Jun 5, 3:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEPortage10 hr
Jun 5, 4:28 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE23 hr
Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot6 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.