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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2010Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2010, 10:53 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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, 10:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Whitehouse, OHESTIMATED WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH...TREES DOWN.
Jun 5, 11:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Whitehouse, OHHORSE BARN DESTROYED.
Jun 5, 11:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Whitehouse, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Jun 5, 11:20 PM EDTTORNADO2 Sse Walbridge, OH*** 2 FATAL *** LAKE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION AND DISPATCH CENTER DESTROYED.HIGH SCHOOL BADILY DAMAGED. MANY HOMES DAMAGE.ONE FEMALE KILLED IN A CAR.

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, 10:11 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2010-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

992 
WFUS51 KCLE 060253
TORCLE
OHC095-173-060400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0023.100606T0253Z-100606T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1053 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITEHOUSE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  WATERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRYSBURG...
  MAUMEE...
  ROSSFORD...
  MILLBURY...
  WALBRIDGE...
  LUCKEY...
  NORTHWOOD...

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 4172 8387 4173 8347 4170 8343 4170 8336
      4172 8334 4167 8329 4163 8317 4174 8309
      4164 8316 4162 8315 4161 8341 4137 8342
      4133 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 264DEG 48KT 4150 8375

$$

KIELTYKA
3 follow-up statements
660 
WWUS51 KCLE 060319
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1119 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHC095-173-060400-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100606T0400Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
1119 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR EASTERN
LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 1111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLBURY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4168 8369 4169 8348 4170 8343 4170 8336
      4172 8334 4166 8328 4163 8317 4164 8316
      4162 8315 4162 8341 4144 8343 4145 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 264DEG 48KT 4153 8331

$$

WILLARD
432 
WWUS51 KCLE 060326
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1126 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHC095-173-060400-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100606T0400Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
1126 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR EASTERN
LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
MILLBURY...OR NEAR ELMORE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 TO 3 MILES EAST OF 
PERRYSBURG.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....

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 500 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4168 8369 4169 8348 4170 8343 4170 8336
      4172 8334 4166 8328 4163 8317 4164 8316
      4162 8315 4162 8341 4144 8343 4145 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 264DEG 48KT 4153 8317

$$

WILLARD
413 
WWUS51 KCLE 060352
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1152 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

OHC095-173-060402-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100606T0400Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
1152 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST OHIO.

LAT...LON 4168 8369 4169 8348 4170 8343 4170 8336
      4172 8334 4166 8328 4163 8317 4164 8316
      4162 8315 4162 8341 4144 8343 4145 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 264DEG 48KT 4156 8271

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:19 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne56 hr
Jun 5, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE79 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa42 min
Jun 6, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood54 min
Jun 6, 2:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jun 6, 2:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood5 hr
Jun 6, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood64 min
Jun 6, 2:46 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa44 min
Jun 6, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca48 min
Jun 6, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 6, 3:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca3 hr
Jun 6, 3:26 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Ottawa49 min
Jun 6, 3:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE34 min
Jun 6, 4:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain16 hr
Jun 6, 4:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain39 min
Jun 6, 4:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE106 min
Jun 6, 4:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake45 min
Jun 6, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca66 min
Jun 6, 5:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull63 min
Jun 6, 5:24 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Trumbull66 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.