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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT for Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 7, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Orrville, OH | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Aug 7, 3:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 S Orrville, OH | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 95 MPH. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. PATH WIDTH APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. |
| Aug 7, 3:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 N Dalton, OH | HAIL ALMOST AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN DIAMETER. |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Canal Fulton, OH | |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Massillon, OH | POWER LINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WFUS51 KCLE 071901 TORCLE OHC151-169-071945- /O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0024.130807T1901Z-130807T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 301 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORRVILLE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DALTON...BREWSTER...MASSILLON...NAVARRE...NORTH LAWRENCE AND CANAL FULTON. 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 4090 8147 4065 8153 4074 8187 4092 8185 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 276DEG 24KT 4082 8174 $$ GARNET
1 follow-up statement
582 WWUS51 KCLE 071918 SVSCLE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 318 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 OHC151-169-071945- /O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-130807T1945Z/ STARK OH-WAYNE OH- 318 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND WESTERN STARK COUNTIES... AT 314 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS LOCATED NEAR US 30 AND CARR ROAD NEAR RICELAND. THIS STORM IS OVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...MASSILLON AND NAVARRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. && LAT...LON 4072 8174 4091 8168 4090 8147 4065 8153 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 276DEG 24KT 4081 8159 $$ GARNET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 51 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.