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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 25, 20114 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 3:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 25, 2011, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Huron County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 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.

281 
WFUS51 KCLE 251955
TORCLE
OHC005-033-077-139-252030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.110425T1955Z-110425T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
355 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SHELBY...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BUCYRUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLYMOUTH...
  GREENWICH...
  NORTH FAIRFIELD...
  FITCHVILLE...
  NEW LONDON...

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 4094 8290 4125 8240 4118 8233 4106 8233
      4106 8225 4080 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 233DEG 34KT 4093 8272

$$

KING

1 follow-up statement

110 
WWUS51 KCLE 252019
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

OHC005-033-077-139-252029-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110425T2030Z/
ASHLAND OH-CRAWFORD OH-RICHLAND OH-HURON OH-
419 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HURON...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND NORTHWESTERN ASHLAND COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4094 8290 4125 8240 4118 8233 4106 8233
      4106 8225 4080 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 233DEG 34KT 4107 8248

$$

KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 12:48 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	63 hr
Apr 25, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Apr 25, 3:23 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		14 hr
Apr 25, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 25, 4:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	3 hr
Apr 25, 4:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	53 hr
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	4 days
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	5 days
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	61 hr
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	61 hr
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	4 days
Apr 25, 5:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	53 hr
Apr 25, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.