Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2010, 6:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2010, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590
WFUS51 KCLE 112251
TORCLE
OHC043-077-143-147-112330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0007.100511T2251Z-100511T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
651 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHWESTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
SOUTHEASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
NORTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN SPRINGS...OR NEAR CLYDE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEVUE...
CASTALIA...
MONROEVILLE...
SANDUSKY SOUTH...
FAIRVIEW LANES...
MILAN...
NORWALK...
HURON...
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 4135 8309 4147 8264 4140 8254 4114 8253
4117 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 263DEG 40KT 4126 8300
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
706
WWUS51 KCLE 112308
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
708 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
OHC043-077-143-147-112330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100511T2330Z/
SENECA OH-HURON OH-SANDUSKY OH-ERIE OH-
708 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN HURON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND
SOUTHEASTERN SANDUSKY AND NORTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...
AT 703 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF
GREEN SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
MONROEVILLE...MILAN...NORWALK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4116 8257 4117 8297 4135 8299 4147 8264
4140 8254 4134 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 264DEG 31KT 4125 8289
$$
THOMPSON354
WWUS51 KCLE 112327
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
727 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
OHC043-077-143-147-112335-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100511T2330Z/
SENECA OH-HURON OH-SANDUSKY OH-ERIE OH-
727 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN HURON
COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND SOUTHEASTERN SANDUSKY AND
NORTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT 730 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. RADAR STILL INDICATED STORMS AROUND
MONROEVILLE AND NORWALK AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LAT...LON 4116 8257 4117 8297 4135 8299 4147 8264
4140 8254 4134 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 264DEG 31KT 4127 8266
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:54 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 31 hr | |
| May 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 39 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.