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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 27, 2011Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 11:25 AM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 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 27, 2011, 11:25 AM EDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1813 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WFUS51 KCLE 271525
TORCLE
OHC095-173-271600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.110427T1525Z-110427T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1125 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRYSBURG...
  ROSSFORD...
  HOLLAND...
  WALBRIDGE...
  TOLEDO...
  OTTAWA HILLS...
  NORTHWOOD...
  HARBOR VIEW...
  SYLVANIA...

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 4172 8370 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8344
      4171 8343 4170 8343 4141 8354 4145 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 193DEG 50KT 4152 8363

$$
2 follow-up statements
913 
WWUS51 KCLE 271535
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1135 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

OHC173-271545-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110427T1600Z/
WOOD OH-
1135 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

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

LAT...LON 4172 8370 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8343
      4170 8343 4161 8347 4162 8356 4158 8361
      4159 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 193DEG 50KT 4165 8358

$$

OHC095-271600-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110427T1600Z/
LUCAS OH-
1135 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR LUCAS
COUNTY...

AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOLEDO...MOVING
NORTH AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
  TOLEDO...

LAT...LON 4172 8370 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8343
      4170 8343 4161 8347 4162 8356 4158 8361
      4159 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 193DEG 50KT 4165 8358

$$

LAPLANTE
774 
WWUS51 KCLE 271542
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1142 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

OHC095-271551-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110427T1600Z/
LUCAS OH-
1142 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

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

THE STORM HAS MOVED HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH OUT OF 
OHIO...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

&&

LAT...LON 4172 8370 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8343
      4170 8343 4161 8347 4162 8356 4158 8361
      4159 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 193DEG 50KT 4174 8355

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow, Richland49 min
Apr 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Richland33 min
Apr 27, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain41 min
Apr 27, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Wayne39 min
Apr 27, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Apr 27, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit41 min
Apr 27, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake50 min
Apr 27, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE64 min
Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 hr
Apr 27, 4:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMahoning5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011

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.