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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 2011Crawford County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:34 PM EDT for Crawford County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 10, 2011, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2011-06-10Temperature 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 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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.

786 
WFUS51 KCLE 102234
TORCLE
OHC033-147-175-102315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0019.110610T2234Z-110610T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
634 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYCAMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLOOMVILLE...
  CHATFIELD...
  ATTICA...
  NEW WASHINGTON...
  TIRO...

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 4108 8324 4109 8283 4100 8283 4100 8273
      4099 8273 4080 8273 4079 8273 4086 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 276DEG 29KT 4098 8312

$$

KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
320 
WWUS51 KCLE 102257
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

OHC033-147-175-102315-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110610T2315Z/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-SENECA OH-
657 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND SOUTHEASTERN SENECA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHATFIELD...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF BUCYRUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...NEW
WASHINGTON AND TIRO.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4108 8324 4109 8283 4100 8283 4100 8273
      4099 8273 4080 8273 4079 8273 4086 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 288DEG 21KT 4095 8288

$$

MITCHELL
814 
WWUS51 KCLE 102318
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
718 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

OHC033-147-175-102325-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110610T2315Z/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-SENECA OH-
718 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...AND SOUTHEASTERN SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRES AT 715 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CRAWFORD 
COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY 
RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4108 8324 4109 8283 4100 8283 4100 8273
      4099 8273 4080 8273 4079 8273 4086 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 288DEG 21KT 4095 8287

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr
Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood41 min
Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain, Medina44 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Seneca, Wyandot48 min
Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Wayne43 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Richland44 min
Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock43 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne30 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford28 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot50 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.