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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2010Sandusky County, Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2010, 7:11 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 22, 2010, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-07-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2010-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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.

827 
WFUS51 KCLE 222311
TORCLE
OHC143-147-173-230000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0039.100722T2311Z-100723T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
711 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* A TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED ROTATION WITH A STORM NEAR 
PEMBERVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEMBERVILLE...
  WOODVILLE...
  BRADNER...
  WAYNE...
  RISINGSUN...
  GIBSONBURG...
  HELENA...
  BURGOON...

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 4152 8357 4148 8334 4145 8333 4146 8321
      4144 8312 4116 8328 4135 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 301DEG 13KT 4138 8353

$$

ABE
2 follow-up statements
467 
WWUS51 KCLE 222325
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

OHC143-147-173-230000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100723T0000Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-
725 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WOOD...WESTERN SANDUSKY AND NORTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBERVILLE...OR 9
MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS FROM TRAINED 
SPOTTERS JUST SOUTHWEST OF PEMBERVILLE.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BRADNER...
WOODVILLE...GIBSONBURG...GIBSONBURG...HELENA AND LINDSEY.

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 MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8357 4148 8334 4145 8333 4146 8321
      4144 8312 4116 8328 4135 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 273DEG 15KT 4141 8346

$$

ABE
812 
WWUS51 KCLE 230006
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
806 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

OHC143-147-173-230016-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100723T0000Z/
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-
806 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WOOD...WESTERN SANDUSKY AND
NORTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 800 PM EDT...

..HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4152 8357 4148 8334 4145 8333 4146 8321
      4144 8312 4116 8328 4135 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 273DEG 15KT 4141 8345

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood51 min
Jul 22, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas38 min
Jul 22, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood44 min
Jul 22, 7:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood3 hr
Jul 22, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 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.