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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 3, 2012Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2012, 11:35 AM EDT for Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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: Jul 3, 2012, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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
Jul 3, 11:40 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Lodi, OH	TREE DOWN VANDERMARK AND 224.
Jul 3, 11:45 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Wsw Medina, OH
Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Creston, OH
Jul 3, 12:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Creston, OH	SOME TREES DOWN IN STERLING.
Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wadsworth, OH	TREE DOWN IN WADSWORTH TOWNSHIP.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

903 
WFUS51 KCLE 031535
TORCLE
OHC103-169-031615-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.120703T1535Z-120703T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1135 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1134 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LODI...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDINA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RITTMAN...CRESTON...WADSWORTH...DOYLESTOWN...BURBANK...WESTFIELD
  CENTER...BRIARWOOD BEACH...CHIPPEWA-ON-THE-LAKE...GLORIA GLENS
  PARK...SEVILLE AND MARSHALLVILLE.

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 4095 8213 4099 8213 4099 8215 4113 8211
      4108 8168 4099 8168 4099 8169 4098 8165
      4085 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 283DEG 20KT 4102 8202

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

867 
WWUS51 KCLE 031549
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1149 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC103-169-031615-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120703T1615Z/
MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
1149 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE AND SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
WESTFIELD CENTER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF RITTMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...CRESTON...
SEVILLE...RITTMAN...DOYLESTOWN...MARSHALLVILLE AND WADSWORTH.

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 4095 8213 4112 8207 4108 8168 4100 8168
      4099 8169 4098 8165 4085 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 288DEG 18KT 4100 8193

$$

JMAYERS

100 
WWUS51 KCLE 031617
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1217 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

OHC103-169-031624-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120703T1615Z/
MEDINA OH-WAYNE OH-
1217 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN MEDINA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1215 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY 
UNTIL 115 PM. 

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 4095 8213 4112 8207 4108 8168 4100 8168
      4099 8169 4098 8165 4085 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 288DEG 18KT 4096 8177

$$

JMAYERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		43 min
Jul 3, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	65 min
Jul 3, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	26 min
Jul 3, 11:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	39 min
Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	54 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	30 hr
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	34 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min

Nearby

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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.