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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 20134 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2013, 12:32 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2013, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2013, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

660 
WFUS51 KCLE 130432
TORCLE
OHC095-123-143-173-130530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0011.130613T0432Z-130613T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1232 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERRYSBURG...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELMORE...PORT CLINTON...NORTHWOOD...WOODVILLE...GENOA...OREGON...
  OAK HARBOR...PUT-IN-BAY...WALBRIDGE...MILLBURY...CLAY CENTER...
  WILLISTON...ROCKY RIDGE...BONO...RENO BEACH...CATAWBA ISLAND AND
  MARBLEHEAD.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4159 8375 4172 8334 4154 8299 4152 8291
      4155 8287 4158 8287 4160 8282 4165 8287
      4167 8283 4167 8286 4173 8282 4167 8277
      4158 8282 4155 8278 4155 8272 4152 8270
      4140 8343 4149 8343 4147 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 246DEG 52KT 4149 8350

$$

KING

2 follow-up statements

446 
WWUS51 KCLE 130450
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1250 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

OHC095-123-143-173-130530-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130613T0530Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
1250 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANDUSKY...OTTAWA...NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN
WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 1244 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLAY CENTER...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF ELMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...
PUT-IN-BAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4163 8363 4170 8340 4169 8337 4172 8334
      4164 8321 4152 8291 4158 8287 4160 8282
      4165 8287 4167 8283 4167 8286 4173 8282
      4167 8277 4158 8282 4155 8278 4155 8272
      4152 8270 4140 8343 4153 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 246DEG 52KT 4159 8319

$$

LAPLANTE

977 
WWUS51 KCLE 130514
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
114 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

OHC095-123-143-173-130524-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130613T0530Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
114 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SANDUSKY...OTTAWA...
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4163 8363 4170 8340 4169 8337 4172 8334
      4164 8321 4152 8291 4158 8287 4160 8282
      4165 8287 4167 8283 4167 8286 4173 8282
      4167 8277 4158 8282 4155 8278 4155 8272
      4152 8270 4140 8343 4153 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 246DEG 52KT 4174 8275

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	58 min
Jun 12, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	67 min
Jun 12, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Morrow	60 min
Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	55 min
Jun 12, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	59 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain	44 min
Jun 12, 9:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	5 hr
Jun 12, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	60 min
Jun 12, 9:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox	38 min
Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Morrow, Richland	60 min
Jun 12, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox	67 min
Jun 12, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	61 min
Jun 12, 10:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	6 hr
Jun 12, 10:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox, Morrow	62 min
Jun 12, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	67 min
Jun 12, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		110 min
Jun 12, 11:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox	6 hr
Jun 12, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	54 min
Jun 12, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	44 min
Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	67 min
Jun 13, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	40 min
Jun 13, 12:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	67 min
Jun 13, 12:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox	6 hr
Jun 13, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot	41 min
Jun 13, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		112 min
Jun 13, 12:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas	6 hr
Jun 13, 12:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	50 min
Jun 13, 12:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	61 min
Jun 13, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Morrow, Richland	50 min
Jun 13, 1:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	32 min
Jun 13, 1:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	61 min
Jun 13, 1:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox	41 min
Jun 13, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 13, 1:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina	61 min
Jun 13, 1:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	49 min
Jun 13, 2:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake, Portage, Stark, Summit	57 min
Jun 13, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull	66 min
Jun 13, 3:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford	6 hr
Jun 13, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
Jun 13, 3:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Richland	5 hr
Jun 13, 4:14 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	CLE	Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky	7 hr
Jun 13, 4:21 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		18 hr
Jun 13, 6:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland	7 hr
Jun 13, 8:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford	4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.