Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2011, 1:27 AM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
- Aug 25, 2011, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2011, 1:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Bristolville, OH | |
| Aug 25, 1:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kinsman, OH | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120
WFUS51 KCLE 250527
TORCLE
OHC155-250600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0024.110825T0527Z-110825T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
127 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOLVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WARREN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORTLAND...KINSMAN AND ORANGEVILLE.
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 4127 8100 4128 8100 4150 8099 4150 8052
4147 8051 4129 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 276DEG 40KT 4135 8083
$$
KUBINA1 follow-up statement
604
WWUS51 KCLE 250552
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
152 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
OHC155-250601-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110825T0600Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
152 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4127 8100 4128 8100 4150 8099 4150 8052
4147 8051 4129 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 276DEG 40KT 4132 8048
$$
SCHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Aug 24, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 11:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca, Wood | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 24, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 75 min |
| Aug 24, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 71 min |
| Aug 24, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit, Wayne | 79 min |
| Aug 25, 12:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 79 min |
| Aug 25, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 1:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 3 hr |
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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.