Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
LAPLANTE774
WWUS51 KCLE 271542
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1142 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
OHC095-271551-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110427T1600Z/
LUCAS OH-
1142 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LUCAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH OUT OF
OHIO...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8370 4173 8347 4171 8345 4171 8343
4170 8343 4161 8347 4162 8356 4158 8361
4159 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 193DEG 50KT 4174 8355
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow, Richland | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Richland | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Apr 27, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 64 min | |
| Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 7 hr | |
| Apr 27, 4:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.