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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2010, 9:40 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
- May 7, 2010, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2010, 10:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 7, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984
WFUS51 KCLE 080140
TORCLE
OHC007-055-080230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.100508T0140Z-100508T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROAMING SHORES...
ORWELL...
ROCK CREEK...
ANDOVER...
THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
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 4150 8053 4149 8070 4150 8100 4148 8101
4147 8122 4163 8124 4164 8110 4167 8109
4172 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 264DEG 48KT 4157 8111
$$
KING1 follow-up statement
865
WWUS51 KCLE 080210
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1010 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
OHC007-055-080219-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100508T0230Z/
GEAUGA OH-ASHTABULA OH-
1010 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ASHTABULA AND NORTHEASTERN GEAUGA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4150 8053 4149 8070 4150 8100 4148 8101
4147 8122 4163 8124 4164 8110 4167 8109
4172 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 264DEG 48KT 4161 8060
$$
KINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 29 min |
| May 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 43 min |
| May 7, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 48 min |
| May 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 39 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 112 min | |
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Richland | 44 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 28 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 78 min |
| May 7, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 29 min |
| May 7, 10:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Richland, Wayne | 37 min |
| May 7, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 52 min |
| May 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Low Water Advisory | CLE | 21 hr | |
| May 7, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 22 min |
| May 7, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 41 min |
| May 8, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 25 min |
| May 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.