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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2010Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 7, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 00:00Z on 2010-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KING
1 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

$$

KING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Ottawa34 min
May 7, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain29 min
May 7, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake43 min
May 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky48 min
May 7, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot39 min
May 7, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit45 min
May 7, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull55 min
May 7, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot55 min
May 7, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE112 min
May 7, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull39 min
May 7, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Richland44 min
May 7, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake28 min
May 7, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull78 min
May 7, 10:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull29 min
May 7, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Richland, Wayne37 min
May 7, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox52 min
May 7, 10:50 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryCLE21 hr
May 7, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland22 min
May 7, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull41 min
May 8, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull25 min
May 8, 3:55 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more23 hr

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.