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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 4:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 25, 2011, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 25, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | S Fostoria, OH | ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS BLEW DOWN A FIVE INCH DIAMETER TREE ONTO A HOUSE. |
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Fostoria, OH | |
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Fostoria, OH | |
| May 25, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Fostoria, OH | |
| May 25, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw Fostoria, OH | |
| May 25, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fostoria, OH | |
| May 25, 5:27 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Sw Bettsville, OH | |
| May 25, 6:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | S Fostoria, 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 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201 WFUS51 KCLE 252057 TORCLE OHC063-143-147-173-252200- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0009.110525T2057Z-110525T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 457 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO SOUTHWESTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO NORTHWESTERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FINDLAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOSTORIA... WEST MILLGROVE... RISINGSUN... BETTSVILLE... 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 8345 4116 8308 4101 8356 4111 8372 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 239DEG 36KT 4109 8355 $$ LAPLANTE
1 follow-up statement
999
WWUS51 KCLE 252115
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
515 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
OHC063-252125-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110525T2200Z/
HANCOCK OH-
515 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4133 8337 4116 8308 4108 8337 4112 8342
4116 8342 4116 8348 4117 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 242DEG 36KT 4115 8333
$$
OHC143-147-173-252200-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110525T2200Z/
SENECA OH-WOOD OH-SANDUSKY OH-
515 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SANDUSKY...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD AND NORTHWESTERN SENECA
COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
FOSTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...
BETTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4133 8337 4116 8308 4108 8337 4112 8342
4116 8342 4116 8348 4117 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 242DEG 36KT 4115 8333
$$
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:16 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Knox and 10 more | 14 hr |
| May 25, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 16 hr |
| May 25, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 14 hr |
| May 25, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 13 hr |
| May 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie, Huron, Wyandot | 12 hr |
| May 25, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Seneca | 54 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 5 hr |
| May 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 25, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 45 min |
| May 25, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 67 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| May 25, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 4 hr |
| May 25, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 41 min |
| May 25, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 40 min |
| May 25, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 6 hr |
| May 25, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.