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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 23, 2013Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 23, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 3:47 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Alliance, OH

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 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.

966 
WFUS51 KCLE 231946
TORCLE
OHC151-232015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0022.130723T1946Z-130723T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
346 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLIANCE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF CANTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN STARK COUNTY.

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 4078 8124 4093 8120 4094 8109 4090 8108
      4076 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 273DEG 17KT 4086 8111

$$

LAPLANTE

1 follow-up statement

053 
WWUS51 KCLE 232003
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

OHC151-232013-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130723T2015Z/
STARK OH-
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN STARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4078 8124 4093 8120 4094 8109 4090 8108
      4076 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 273DEG 17KT 4086 8100

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 2:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 20 more	6 hr
Jul 23, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	48 min
Jul 23, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jul 23, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina	53 min
Jul 23, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Jul 23, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	42 min
Jul 23, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	50 min
Jul 23, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	40 min
Jul 23, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	56 min
Jul 23, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	67 min
Jul 23, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	64 min
Jul 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	39 min
Jul 23, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit	58 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		29 hr
Jul 23, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	39 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.