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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. 8 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
- May 23, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Elyria, OH | |
| May 23, 7:04 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Grafton, OH | |
| May 23, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 E Elyria, OH | |
| May 23, 7:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Sw North Ridgeville, OH | |
| May 23, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Middleburg Heights, OH | |
| May 23, 7:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Middleburg Heights, OH | TREES DOWN |
| May 23, 7:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | North Royalton, OH | |
| May 23, 7:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elyria, OH | LARGE TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WFUS51 KCLE 232258 TORCLE OHC035-093-103-232330- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.110523T2258Z-110523T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 658 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAFTON...OR NEAR ELYRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLMSTED FALLS... STRONGSVILLE... MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS... BEREA... BRUNSWICK... 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 4137 8174 4124 8176 4124 8217 4140 8216 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 270DEG 46KT 4133 8203 $$ MULLEN
1 follow-up statement
937 WWUS51 KCLE 232333 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 733 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 OHC035-093-103-232343- /O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110523T2330Z/ CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH- 733 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEDINA...EASTERN LORAIN AND SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 730 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4137 8174 4124 8176 4124 8217 4140 8216 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 270DEG 46KT 4133 8203 $$ THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 74 min | |
| May 22, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 81 min | |
| May 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 93 min | |
| May 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 11 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 50 min | |
| May 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 48 min |
| May 23, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 56 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 33 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 113 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| May 23, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 45 min |
| May 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.