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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 11, 20104 counties in Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KUBINA
2 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

$$

THOMPSON
354 
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

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:54 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE31 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Sandusky34 min
May 11, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Richland39 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2010Every tornado warning in 2010Tornadoes in 2010

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.