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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2013Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2013, 3:27 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 3:35 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND DMGMassillon, OHPOWER LINES DOWN
Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Canton, OH
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDTHAIL 1Canton, OH

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

484 
WFUS51 KCLE 071927
TORCLE
OHC151-072015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0025.130807T1927Z-130807T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
327 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR MASSILLON...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CANTON.   
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON...MASSILLON...NAVARRE...EAST SPARTA...LOUISVILLE...
  WAYNESBURG...PERRY HEIGHTS...HILLS AND DALES...MEYERS LAKE...EAST
  CANTON...ROBERTSVILLE AND NEW FRANKLIN.

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 4066 8145 4068 8165 4088 8165 4086 8108
      4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
      4065 8124 4064 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 278DEG 22KT 4079 8156

$$

GARNET
2 follow-up statements
615 
WWUS51 KCLE 071942
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
342 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

OHC151-072015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130807T2015Z/
STARK OH-
342 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
STARK COUNTY...

AT 338 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGH WINDS WITH 
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR MASSILLON. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR MASSILLON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...CANTON...
EAST SPARTA...EAST CANTON...LOUISVILLE...WAYNESBURG...ROBERTSVILLE
AND NEW FRANKLIN.

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 4066 8145 4067 8156 4088 8151 4086 8108
      4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
      4065 8124 4064 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 278DEG 22KT 4078 8144

$$

GARNET
157 
WWUS51 KCLE 072016
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
416 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

OHC151-072026-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130807T2015Z/
STARK OH-
416 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STARK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 415 PM
EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4066 8145 4067 8156 4088 8151 4086 8108
      4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
      4065 8124 4064 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 278DEG 22KT 4078 8143

$$

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, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark, Wayne44 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.