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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 14, 2011Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 5:51 PM EST for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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: Nov 14, 2011, 5:51 PM EST (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 6:19 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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
Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 493 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 535 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.

582 
WFUS51 KCLE 142251
TORCLE
OHC175-142330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0026.111114T2251Z-111114T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
551 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOREST...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF KENTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UPPER SANDUSKY...SYCAMORE...WHARTON...KIRBY...CAREY...HARPSTER AND
  NEVADA.

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 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346 4099 8345
      4099 8311 4075 8311 4072 8350 4090 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 260DEG 57KT 4082 8348

$$

KUBINA

2 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS51 KCLE 142305
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
605 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHC175-142330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/
WYANDOT OH-
605 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR WYANDOT
COUNTY...

AT 602 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
UPPER SANDUSKY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE....

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346 4099 8345
      4099 8311 4075 8311 4072 8350 4090 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 258DEG 59KT 4087 8314

$$

KUBINA

089 
WWUS51 KCLE 142319
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
619 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHC175-142330-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/
WYANDOT OH-
619 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WYANDOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346 4099 8345
      4099 8311 4075 8311 4072 8350 4090 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 258DEG 59KT 4091 8284

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 10:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		17 hr
Nov 14, 2:00 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		75 min
Nov 14, 3:42 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	3 hr
Nov 14, 3:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	39 min
Nov 14, 4:07 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Nov 14, 4:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Nov 14, 4:27 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		78 min
Nov 14, 5:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	6 hr
Nov 14, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	61 min
Nov 14, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	59 min
Nov 14, 5:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		78 min
Nov 14, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	25 min
Nov 14, 6:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	28 min
Nov 14, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	53 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.