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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 2011Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:47 PM EDT for Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 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.

597 
WFUS51 KCLE 102247
TORCLE
OHC103-169-102330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0020.110610T2247Z-110610T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST SALEM...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ASHLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CONGRESS...
  BURBANK...
  WESTFIELD CENTER...
  CRESTON...
  SMITHVILLE...
  WOOSTER...
  MARSHALLVILLE...
  ORRVILLE...
  DALTON...

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 4076 8212 4078 8213 4099 8213 4100 8217
      4109 8217 4114 8211 4114 8210 4101 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8165 4075 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 316DEG 32KT 4100 8209

$$

KUBINA

1 follow-up statement

203 
WWUS51 KCLE 102306
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-169-102330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110610T2330Z/
MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
706 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR WAYNE AND
SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CONGRESS...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOOSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A WALL CLOUD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 
I-71 AND U.S. 224.  

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...WOOSTER...
SMITHVILLE AND ORRVILLE.

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 4076 8212 4078 8213 4099 8213 4100 8217
      4109 8217 4114 8211 4114 8210 4101 8168
      4099 8168 4099 8165 4075 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 325DEG 25KT 4093 8202

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:40 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		12 hr
Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	41 min
Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina	44 min
Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Seneca, Wyandot	48 min
Jun 10, 6:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	41 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	44 min
Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	43 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	30 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	28 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.