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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 2011Trumbull County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 1:30 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 61Bristolville, OH
Aug 25, 1:35 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGKinsman, OHTREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 24, 10:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KUBINA
1 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

$$
SCHULER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 24, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood64 min
Aug 24, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky41 min
Aug 24, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock53 min
Aug 24, 11:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood3 hr
Aug 24, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wood61 min
Aug 24, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 24, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake75 min
Aug 24, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot44 min
Aug 24, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron40 min
Aug 24, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina71 min
Aug 24, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion42 min
Aug 25, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland59 min
Aug 25, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit, Wayne79 min
Aug 25, 12:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake3 hr
Aug 25, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake79 min
Aug 25, 1:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull66 min
Aug 25, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Aug 25, 1:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula3 hr
Aug 25, 1:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull3 hr

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.