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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 5, 2012Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2012, 2:42 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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: Aug 5, 2012, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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
Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Hubbard, OH	A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED NEAR HUBBARD. AT LEAST 16 TREES WERE DOWNED ON WARNER ROAD. EIGHT PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF. ONE TREE WAS ON A CAR. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IS POSSIBLE OR THE DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A DOWNBURST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FUNNEL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

589 
WFUS51 KCLE 051842
TORCLE
OHC155-051900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0010.120805T1842Z-120805T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
242 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 239 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HUBBARD...OR 
7 MILES NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP FROM THIS STORM. 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST HILL.

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 4113 8075 4118 8076 4125 8052 4125 8051
      4114 8051 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 260DEG 22KT 4118 8056

$$

KOSARIK

1 follow-up statement

539 
WWUS51 KCLE 051908
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
308 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

OHC155-051916-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120805T1900Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
308 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY EXPIRED AT
300 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4113 8075 4118 8076 4125 8052 4125 8051
      4114 8051 4113 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 260DEG 22KT 4118 8055

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	55 min
Aug 4, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Aug 4, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	71 min
Aug 4, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 4, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot	71 min
Aug 4, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	53 min
Aug 4, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron	62 min
Aug 4, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina	40 min
Aug 4, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	61 min
Aug 4, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		100 min
Aug 4, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	22 min
Aug 4, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	47 min
Aug 5, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		86 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.