Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2010, 8:01 PM EDT for Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2010, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 729 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
359
WFUS51 KCLE 120001
TORCLE
OHC005-169-120045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0009.100512T0001Z-100512T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
801 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SAVANNAH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ASHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...
BAILEY LAKES...
ASHLAND...
POLK...
WEST SALEM...
CONGRESS...
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 4099 8241 4099 8242 4105 8243 4105 8216
4099 8217 4099 8192 4084 8191 4084 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 275DEG 31KT 4094 8243
$$
KUBINA2 follow-up statements
025
WWUS51 KCLE 120029
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
829 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
OHC005-169-120045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100512T0045Z/
ASHLAND OH-WAYNE OH-
829 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WEST SALEM...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CONGRESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4084 8241 4097 8241 4100 8238 4102 8234
4105 8217 4099 8217 4098 8194 4097 8192
4084 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 286DEG 28KT 4093 8211
$$
THOMPSON288
WWUS51 KCLE 120046
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
846 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
OHC005-169-120056-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100512T0045Z/
ASHLAND OH-WAYNE OH-
846 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN ASHLAND
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4084 8241 4097 8241 4100 8238 4102 8234
4105 8217 4099 8217 4098 8194 4097 8192
4084 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 286DEG 28KT 4093 8211
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 28 min |
| May 11, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 48 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.