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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 8, 2013Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2013, 9:07 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 8, 2013, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 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.

568 
WFUS51 KCLE 090107
TORCLE
OHC147-090130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0012.130709T0107Z-130709T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
907 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 903 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE GROUND 
BETWEEN KANSAS AND BETTSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS 
STORM MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BETTSVILLE  
REPUBLIC.

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 4125 8333 4126 8286 4125 8285 4105 8283
      4117 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 282DEG 19KT 4124 8322

$$

KOSARIK
1 follow-up statement
875 
WWUS51 KCLE 090136
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
936 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

OHC147-090141-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130709T0130Z/
SENECA OH-
936 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 PM
EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE.

SOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE KANSAS AREA IN NORTHERN SENECA 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4125 8333 4126 8286 4125 8285 4105 8283
      4117 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 282DEG 19KT 4124 8321

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Richland3 hr
Jul 8, 9:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake4 hr
Jul 8, 9:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland6 hr
Jul 8, 10:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion71 hr
Jul 8, 10:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion6 days
Jul 8, 11:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 3 more8 hr
Jul 8, 11:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland8 hr
Jul 8, 11:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELake2 hr
Jul 9, 3:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland6 hr
Jul 9, 6:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron13 hr
Jul 9, 6:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot18 hr
Jul 9, 7:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland10 hr
Jul 9, 9:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHolmes8 hr
Jul 9, 10:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESeneca5 days
Jul 9, 12:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more32 hr
Jul 9, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland12 hr
Jul 9, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Jul 9, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne55 min
Jul 9, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina54 min
Jul 9, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 9, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga4 hr
Jul 9, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Richland10 hr
Jul 9, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage49 min
Jul 9, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow, Wyandot9 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.