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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Smithville, OH | 1 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 43 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, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 50 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.