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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2013Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOrrville, OHSIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Aug 7, 3:05 PM EDTTORNADO1 S Orrville, OHEF1 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 EDTHAIL 15 N Dalton, OHHAIL ALMOST AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN DIAMETER.
Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDTHAIL 1Canal Fulton, OH
Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMassillon, OHPOWER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca45 min
Aug 7, 11:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLESeneca6 hr
Aug 7, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 7, 12:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood6 hr
Aug 7, 12:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky6 hr
Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina39 min
Aug 7, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca24 min
Aug 7, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne33 min
Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark48 min
Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne50 min
Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne51 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.