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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 4 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, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 25, 6:06 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	3 N Milan, OH
May 25, 6:09 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 E Norwalk, OH	FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED OVER A FIELD EAST OF TOWN.
May 25, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Norwalk, OH	A POSSIBLE TORNADO. A METAL BUILDING TOTALLY DESTROYED.
May 25, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Norwalk, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 1:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

094 
WFUS51 KCLE 252203
TORCLE
OHC043-077-252300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0012.110525T2203Z-110525T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHWESTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWALK...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BERLIN HEIGHTS...

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 4128 8282 4144 8261 4142 8259 4142 8258
      4139 8251 4139 8248 4144 8235 4134 8234
      4115 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 249DEG 45KT 4127 8257

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

685 
WWUS51 KCLE 252254
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
654 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC043-077-252304-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110525T2300Z/
HURON OH-ERIE OH-
654 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN HURON COUNTIES IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO EXPIRES AT 700 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4128 8282 4144 8261 4142 8259 4142 8258
      4139 8251 4139 8248 4144 8235 4134 8234
      4115 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 249DEG 45KT 4150 8178

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 2:16 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Knox and 10 more	14 hr
May 25, 2:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	16 hr
May 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	57 min
May 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	57 min
May 25, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	50 min
May 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	51 min
May 25, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	14 hr
May 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	63 min
May 25, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	13 hr
May 25, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	51 min
May 25, 5:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	41 min
May 25, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	42 min
May 25, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	51 min
May 25, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Wyandot	12 hr
May 25, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	58 min
May 25, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	49 min
May 25, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Seneca	54 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina	5 hr
May 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 25, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	45 min
May 25, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	67 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	60 min
May 25, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 min
May 25, 7:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	4 hr
May 25, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	41 min
May 25, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	40 min
May 25, 7:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	6 hr
May 25, 7:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	29 min
May 25, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	38 min
May 25, 7:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne	5 hr
May 25, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	55 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.