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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2010Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 5:24 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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 6, 2010, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2010, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 6:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Andover, OH	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE 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 6, 2:03 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

382 
WFUS51 KCLE 060924
TORCLE
OHC007-055-155-061030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0028.100606T0924Z-100606T1030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 520 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLEFIELD...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
  CHARDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL TORNADIC STORM 
IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CHARDON. THIS STORM IS ALSO MOVING EAST.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROAMING SHORES...
  ROCK CREEK...
  ANDOVER...

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 4134 8053 4144 8129 4157 8130 4157 8129
      4163 8129 4164 8110 4171 8109 4171 8100
      4176 8099 4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 266DEG 53KT 4159 8095

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

593 
WWUS51 KCLE 060944
SVSCLE

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

OHC007-055-155-061030-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100606T1030Z/
TRUMBULL OH-GEAUGA OH-ASHTABULA OH-
544 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR
ASHTABULA...GEAUGA AND NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTIES...

AT 543 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORWELL...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF 
JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ANDOVER AND KINSMAN.

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 4134 8053 4144 8129 4157 8130 4157 8129
      4163 8129 4164 8110 4171 8109 4171 8100
      4176 8099 4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 268DEG 42KT 4157 8084

$$

MITCHELL

915 
WWUS51 KCLE 061030
SVSCLE

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

OHC007-055-155-061039-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100606T1030Z/
TRUMBULL OH-GEAUGA OH-ASHTABULA OH-
630 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ASHTABULA...GEAUGA AND NORTHERN TRUMBULL
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 630 AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4134 8053 4144 8129 4157 8130 4157 8129
      4163 8129 4164 8110 4171 8109 4171 8100
      4176 8099 4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 268DEG 42KT 4159 8014

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	56 hr
Jun 5, 10:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	67 min
Jun 5, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		79 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa	42 min
Jun 6, 1:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	54 min
Jun 6, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min
Jun 6, 2:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	5 hr
Jun 6, 2:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	64 min
Jun 6, 2:46 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ottawa	44 min
Jun 6, 2:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	48 min
Jun 6, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 6, 3:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
Jun 6, 3:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa	49 min
Jun 6, 3:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		34 min
Jun 6, 4:11 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain	16 hr
Jun 6, 4:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	39 min
Jun 6, 4:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		106 min
Jun 6, 4:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	45 min
Jun 6, 4:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca	66 min
Jun 6, 5:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.