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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2010Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2010, 10:16 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 4 reports 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
May 7, 2010, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2010, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 10:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG10 Ne Cortland, OHTREE DOWN ON ROAD
May 7, 10:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Cortland, OHTREE DOWN
May 7, 10:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 N Cortland, OHTREE DOWN
May 7, 10:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG10 Ne Cortland, OHLARGE TREE DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

179 
WFUS51 KCLE 080216
TORCLE
OHC155-080245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.100508T0216Z-100508T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1016 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORTLAND...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WARREN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINSMAN...
  ORANGEVILLE...

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 4128 8083 4145 8079 4146 8051 4127 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 269DEG 38KT 4136 8071

$$

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, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga30 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, 10:22 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

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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.