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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 2011Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Jun 10, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:50 PM EDTHAIL 2Smithville, OH1 1/4 TO 2 INCH HAIL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

872 
WFUS51 KCLE 102330
TORCLE
OHC169-110000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0021.110610T2330Z-110611T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESTON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF WOOSTER...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOOSTER...
  SMITHVILLE...
  RITTMAN...
  DOYLESTOWN...
  ORRVILLE...
  MARSHALLVILLE...
  APPLE CREEK...
  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 4099 8213 4099 8165 4067 8165 4067 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 299DEG 20KT 4091 8192

$$

KUBINA
1 follow-up statement
511 
WWUS51 KCLE 102344
SVSCLE

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

OHC169-110000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110611T0000Z/
WAYNE OH-
744 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING TORNADOES. ONE 
STORM WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF WOOSTER THE SECOND WAS OVER 
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WAYNE COUNTY NEAR CONGRESS.  BOTH STORMS ARE 
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO 
INCLUDE...DOYLESTOWN...ORRVILLE...MARSHALLVILLE...APPLE 
CREEK...CONGRESS AND DALTON.

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 4099 8213 4099 8165 4067 8165 4067 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 299DEG 20KT 4088 8184

$$

KUBINA

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, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot41 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, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford28 min
Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot50 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.