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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2012Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 18, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
Jun 18, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 0	Huron, OH	LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Berlin Heights, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 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.

638 
WFUS51 KCLE 181916
TORCLE
OHC043-181945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0002.120618T1916Z-120618T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
316 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDUSKY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HURON AND BERLIN HEIGHTS.

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 4142 8259 4139 8251 4139 8247 4142 8240
      4143 8235 4138 8234 4128 8239 4128 8249
      4139 8281 4146 8277 4147 8270 4150 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 297DEG 16KT 4144 8265

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

193 
WWUS51 KCLE 181934
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
334 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC043-181945-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120618T1945Z/
ERIE OH-
334 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 325 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR CEDAR POINT. 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STORM HAS MOVED 
INTO SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY NEAR BERLIN HEIGHTS AT 333 PM AND WAS 
STRENGTHENING. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE AND A 
TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...BERLIN
HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4142 8259 4139 8251 4139 8247 4142 8240
      4143 8235 4137 8234 4128 8239 4128 8250
      4135 8270 4145 8264 4145 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 297DEG 16KT 4141 8256

$$

KOSARIK

859 
WWUS51 KCLE 181945 RRA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

OHC043-181955-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120618T1945Z/
ERIE OH-
345 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
EXPIRED AT 345 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4142 8259 4139 8251 4139 8247 4142 8240
      4143 8235 4137 8234 4128 8239 4128 8250
      4135 8270 4145 8264 4145 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 297DEG 16KT 4141 8255

$$

WILLARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 18, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	52 min
Jun 18, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	67 min
Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	60 min
Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca, Wood	62 min
Jun 18, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	59 min
Jun 18, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jun 18, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	52 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	40 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	50 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Medina	67 min
Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	4 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	60 min
Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	51 min
Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	61 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.