Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2010, 2:33 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 5, 2010, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Holmes County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Berlin, OH | LARGE WOODEN SIGN BLEW OFF ROOF UNTO CARS. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 5, 2:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Walnut Creek, OH | CAMPER TRAILOR BLOWN OVER. |
| Jun 5, 2:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | Walnut Creek, OH | TEN TO TWELVE STRUCTURES WITH DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS...A MIX OF SHINGLES AND SOME WITH SHEETING REMOVED. MANY TREES DOWN. A TRAILER BLOWN OVER. EM SAW TORNADO. |
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 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603 WFUS51 KCLE 051833 TORCLE OHC075-051900- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0021.100605T1833Z-100605T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 233 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLMESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERLIN... WALNUT CREEK... WINESBURG... FARMERSTOWN... 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 4057 8206 4067 8198 4067 8164 4045 8166 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 297DEG 39KT 4060 8188 $$
1 follow-up statement
239 WWUS51 KCLE 051857 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 257 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 OHC075-051908- /O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100605T1900Z/ HOLMES OH- 257 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4057 8206 4067 8198 4067 8164 4045 8166 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 297DEG 39KT 4048 8156 $$ FITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Jun 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 60 min | |
| Jun 5, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Knox, Marion, Morrow | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 12 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Trumbull | 10 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Portage | 10 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 23 hr | |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 6 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.