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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 23, 2011Ashland County, Knox County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 3:02 PM EDT for Ashland County, Knox County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 23, 2011, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Knox County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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

Time	Report	Where
Mar 23, 3:05 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	4 N Fredericktown, OH
Mar 23, 3:08 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Nw Butler, OH
Mar 23, 3:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Perrysville, OH
Mar 23, 3:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Loudonville, OH
Mar 23, 3:26 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Fredericktown, 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
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

918 
WFUS51 KCLE 231902
TORCLE
OHC005-083-139-231930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0002.110323T1902Z-110323T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
302 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDERICKTOWN...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLVILLE...
  BUTLER...
  LOUDONVILLE...
  PERRYSVILLE...

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 4038 8258 4053 8263 4055 8264 4055 8262
      4063 8262 4069 8217 4067 8217 4066 8222
      4057 8222 4057 8218 4057 8217 4038 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 255DEG 34KT 4054 8255

$$

KIELTYKA

2 follow-up statements

938 
WWUS51 KCLE 231914
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
314 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

OHC005-083-139-231930-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T1930Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-KNOX OH-
314 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
BUTLER...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...LOUDONVILLE AND GANN.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4038 8258 4053 8263 4055 8264 4055 8262
      4063 8262 4069 8217 4067 8217 4066 8222
      4057 8222 4057 8218 4057 8217 4038 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 274DEG 45KT 4054 8236

$$

FITZ

327 
WWUS51 KCLE 231931
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
331 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

OHC005-083-139-231941-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T1930Z/
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-KNOX OH-
331 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND AND
SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 330 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4038 8258 4053 8263 4055 8264 4055 8262
      4063 8262 4069 8217 4067 8217 4066 8222
      4057 8222 4057 8218 4057 8217 4038 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 274DEG 45KT 4053 8234

$$

FITZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Morrow, Richland	57 min
Mar 23, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	44 min
Mar 23, 2:50 PM EDT	Freezing Rain Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 17 more	13 hr
Mar 23, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	58 min
Mar 23, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	46 min

Nearby

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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.