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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2011Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 7:37 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Richfield, OH
May 25, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	ONE TREE AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN. THE TREE FELL ONTO A PORCH AND DESTROYED THE PORCH.
May 25, 7:48 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Hudson, OH
May 25, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	ROOFS REPORTED OFF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. ALSO GUTTERS TORN OFF BUILDINGS.

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 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.

242 
WFUS51 KCLE 252331
TORCLE
OHC153-260000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0013.110525T2331Z-110526T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CUYAHOGA FALLS...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF AKRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARBERTON...
  PENINSULA...
  CUYAHOGA FALLS...
  AKRON...
  BOSTON HEIGHTS...
  SILVER LAKE...
  MUNROE FALLS...
  STOW...
  TALLMADGE...

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 4100 8169 4125 8169 4128 8167 4128 8157
      4132 8159 4134 8159 4135 8159 4134 8139
      4099 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 272DEG 18KT 4115 8166

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

910 
WWUS51 KCLE 252343
SVSCLE

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

OHC153-260000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/
SUMMIT OH-
743 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SUMMIT
COUNTY...

AT 738 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL NEAR 
CUYAHOGA FALLS. THIS ROTATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...HUDSON...
MACEDONIA...TWINSBURG AND REMINDERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4100 8169 4125 8169 4128 8167 4128 8157
      4132 8159 4134 8159 4135 8159 4134 8139
      4099 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 245DEG 23KT 4123 8150

$$

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, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	57 min
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, 7:37 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.