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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2010Holmes County, Ohio

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.

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
Jun 5, 2:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBerlin, OHLARGE WOODEN SIGN BLEW OFF ROOF UNTO CARS. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN.
Jun 5, 2:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Walnut Creek, OHCAMPER TRAILOR BLOWN OVER.
Jun 5, 2:50 PM EDTTORNADOWalnut Creek, OHTEN 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

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.

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.

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, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull45 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.