Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 7:27 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Parma, OH | |
| May 23, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Twinsburg, OH |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
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WFUS51 KCLE 232327
TORCLE
OHC035-153-240000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.110523T2327Z-110524T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
727 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH ROYALTON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
STRONGSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...
GLENWILLOW...
TWINSBURG...
BEDFORD HEIGHTS...
MACEDONIA...
SOLON...
BENTLEYVILLE...
MORELAND HILLS...
HUNTING VALLEY...
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 4153 8140 4127 8140 4123 8169 4128 8169
4128 8173 4140 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 256DEG 43KT 4134 8161
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KCLE 232359
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
759 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC035-153-240009-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110524T0000Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-SUMMIT OH-
759 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SUMMIT AND SOUTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4153 8140 4127 8140 4123 8169 4128 8169
4128 8173 4140 8177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 256DEG 43KT 4143 8111
$$
THOMPSONThe 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, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 32 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.