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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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
May 25, 2011, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 5:27 PM EDTHAIL 0.883 Sw Bettsville, OH
May 25, 5:38 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Green Springs, OH
May 25, 5:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Tiffin, OH
May 25, 5:48 PM EDTHAIL 2.5Clyde, OH
May 25, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 Ne Republic, OH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 1:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 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 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

988 
WFUS51 KCLE 252124
TORCLE
OHC143-147-252215-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0010.110525T2124Z-110525T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
524 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIFFIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REPUBLIC...
  GREEN SPRINGS...
  CLYDE...
  BELLEVUE...

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 4144 8285 4115 8284 4108 8317 4123 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 246DEG 31KT 4118 8312

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:16 PM EDTFlood WatchCLEAshland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Knox and 10 more14 hr
May 25, 2:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood16 hr
May 25, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 25, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood57 min
May 25, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky57 min
May 25, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock50 min
May 25, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock51 min
May 25, 4:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock14 hr
May 25, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood63 min
May 25, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 25, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca13 hr
May 25, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock41 min
May 25, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron42 min
May 25, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wyandot51 min
May 25, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Wyandot12 hr
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron57 min
May 25, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland58 min
May 25, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain49 min
May 25, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca54 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina5 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 25, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga45 min
May 25, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina67 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot60 min
May 25, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 25, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina4 hr
May 25, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake41 min
May 25, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit40 min
May 25, 7:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot6 hr
May 25, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit29 min
May 25, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne38 min
May 25, 7:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne5 hr
May 25, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula55 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.