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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2010Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2010, 9:09 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 22, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 419 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 670 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

396 
WFUS51 KCLE 230109
TORCLE
OHC043-077-230145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0041.100723T0109Z-100723T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MILAN MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BERLIN HEIGHTS...
  WAKEMAN...

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 4122 8233 4124 8262 4142 8263 4143 8258
      4140 8254 4139 8249 4144 8238 4144 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 272DEG 18KT 4133 8259

$$

KOSARIK

2 follow-up statements

328 
WWUS51 KCLE 230127
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-077-230145-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-100723T0145Z/
HURON OH-ERIE OH-
927 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
ERIE AND NORTHEASTERN HURON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE 
STORM WAS NEAR BERLIN HEIGHTS...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORWALK... 
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FLORENCE.

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 4122 8233 4124 8262 4142 8263 4143 8258
      4140 8254 4139 8249 4144 8238 4144 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 272DEG 18KT 4133 8247

$$

KOSARIK

937 
WWUS51 KCLE 230147
SVSCLE

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

OHC043-077-230157-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-100723T0145Z/
HURON OH-ERIE OH-
947 PM EDT THU JUL 22 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE AND NORTHEASTERN HURON
COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO EXPIRED AT 945 PM EDT...

THE STORMS CROSSING ERIE AND NORTHERN HURON COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED. 
THE ROTATION WAS NOW BROAD AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE STORMS WILL 
PRODUCE TORNADOES. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL 
LIKELY. 

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

LAT...LON 4122 8233 4124 8262 4142 8263 4143 8258
      4140 8254 4139 8249 4144 8238 4144 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 272DEG 18KT 4133 8246

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky	45 min
Jul 22, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	45 min
Jul 22, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie	3 hr
Jul 22, 9:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Huron	3 hr
Jul 22, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		111 min
Jul 22, 9:51 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 21 more	22 hr
Jul 22, 10:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	3 hr
Jul 22, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jul 23, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 min
Jul 23, 12:19 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		6 hr
Jul 23, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		116 min
Jul 23, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min

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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.