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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2010Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 2:46 AM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2010, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2010, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.

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
Jun 6, 2:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2010-06-06The 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

891 
WFUS51 KCLE 060646
TORCLE
OHC123-060730-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0026.100606T0646Z-100606T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
246 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 243 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWOOD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TOLEDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELMORE...
  ROCKY RIDGE...
  OAK HARBOR...
  PORT CLINTON...
  MARBLEHEAD...

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 4163 8310 4154 8299 4153 8291 4155 8287
      4160 8284 4165 8288 4165 8280 4160 8284
      4155 8278 4156 8271 4150 8269 4148 8295
      4146 8297 4146 8334 4149 8334 4150 8341
      4161 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0647Z 270DEG 45KT 4156 8342

$$

KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
933 
WWUS51 KCLE 060709
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
309 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

OHC123-060730-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-100606T0730Z/
OTTAWA OH-
309 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY...

AT 307 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HARBOR...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT 
CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PORT CLINTON AND
MARBLEHEAD.

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 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4163 8310 4154 8299 4153 8291 4155 8287
      4160 8284 4165 8288 4165 8280 4160 8284
      4155 8278 4156 8271 4150 8269 4148 8295
      4146 8297 4146 8334 4149 8334 4150 8341
      4161 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 267DEG 48KT 4157 8308

$$

MITCHELL
846 
WWUS51 KCLE 060720
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

OHC123-060730-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-100606T0730Z/
OTTAWA OH-
320 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY...

AT 317 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROCKY RIDGE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELMORE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4163 8310 4154 8299 4153 8291 4155 8287
      4160 8284 4165 8288 4165 8280 4160 8284
      4155 8278 4156 8271 4150 8269 4148 8295
      4146 8297 4146 8334 4149 8334 4150 8341
      4161 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 269DEG 36KT 4153 8316

$$

MITCHELL

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, 10:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood67 min
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, 2:57 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.