Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2010, 5:22 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Sep 16, 2010, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Se Wooster, OH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Sep 16, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Apple Creek, OH | 20 TREES SNAPPED OFF APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET ABOVE GROUND. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Sep 16, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Se Wooster, OH | BARN DESTROYED...SEVERAL TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WFUS51 KCLE 162122
TORCLE
OHC169-162200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0043.100916T2122Z-100916T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
522 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOOSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOOSTER...
FREDERICKSBURG...
APPLE CREEK...
SMITHVILLE...
ORRVILLE...
DALTON...
MARSHALLVILLE...
MOUNT EATON...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8182 4067 8210 4085 8213 4092 8164
4067 8164 4066 8165 4067 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 262DEG 28KT 4077 8199
$$
KUBINA3 follow-up statements
719
WWUS51 KCLE 162134
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
534 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
OHC169-162200-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-100916T2200Z/
WAYNE OH-
534 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WAYNE
COUNTY...
AT 533 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF WOOSTER MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...
ORRVILLE...DALTON...MOUNT EATON AND MARSHALLVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8182 4067 8210 4085 8213 4092 8164
4067 8164 4066 8165 4067 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 262DEG 28KT 4078 8187
$$
KUBINA729
WWUS51 KCLE 162149
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
549 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
OHC169-162200-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-100916T2200Z/
WAYNE OH-
549 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WAYNE
COUNTY...
AT 546 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR DALTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS
FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF WOOSTER THROUGH THE APPLE CREEK AREA FROM
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8182 4067 8210 4085 8213 4092 8164
4067 8164 4066 8165 4067 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 262DEG 28KT 4079 8173
$$
KUBINA031
WWUS51 KCLE 162202
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
602 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
OHC169-162211-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-100916T2200Z/
WAYNE OH-
602 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. MANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WAYNE COUNTY.
THE DAMAGE EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF WOOSTER EAST AND SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE APPLE CREEK AREA TO NEAR DALTON. MOST OF THE REPORTS SO
FAR HAVE BEEN FROM DOWNED TREES. SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS HAS ALSO
BEEN REPORTED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4067 8182 4067 8210 4085 8213 4092 8164
4067 8164 4066 8165 4067 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 262DEG 28KT 4079 8172
$$
KUBINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Sep 16, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 60 min | |
| Sep 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 60 min |
| Sep 16, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 68 min |
| Sep 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 12 min |
| Sep 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min | |
| Sep 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne | 62 min |
| Sep 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 58 min | |
| Sep 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 90 min | |
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.