Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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, 3:35 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Massillon, OH | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Canton, OH | |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Canton, 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.
- 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.
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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
$$
GARNET2 follow-up statements
615
WWUS51 KCLE 071942
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
342 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
OHC151-072015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130807T2015Z/
STARK OH-
342 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
STARK COUNTY...
AT 338 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGH WINDS WITH
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR MASSILLON. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR MASSILLON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...CANTON...
EAST SPARTA...EAST CANTON...LOUISVILLE...WAYNESBURG...ROBERTSVILLE
AND NEW FRANKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 8145 4067 8156 4088 8151 4086 8108
4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123 4065 8123
4065 8124 4064 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 278DEG 22KT 4078 8144
$$
GARNET157
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
$$
GARNETThe 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, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 44 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.