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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2013Holmes County, Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT for Holmes County, Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 7, 2013, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, OH, Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 4:05 PM EDTHAIL 11 N Winesburg, 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, 7.9 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.

178 
WFUS51 KCLE 071954
TORCLE
OHC075-151-169-072045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0026.130807T1954Z-130807T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLMESVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALNUT CREEK...MOUNT EATON...WINESBURG...WILMOT...BREWSTER...MOUNT
  HOPE AND BEACH CITY.

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 4059 8193 4076 8191 4071 8143 4065 8147
      4063 8166 4052 8166 4050 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 275DEG 26KT 4067 8179

$$

GARNET
2 follow-up statements
616 
WWUS51 KCLE 072012
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-151-169-072045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130807T2045Z/
HOLMES OH-STARK OH-WAYNE OH-
412 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN STARK AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES
COUNTIES...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
WILMOT...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...BEACH
CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 4055 8181 4074 8174 4071 8143 4065 8147
      4063 8166 4052 8166 4050 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 275DEG 26KT 4066 8163

$$

GARNET
997 
WWUS51 KCLE 072026
SVSCLE

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

OHC075-151-169-072036-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130807T2045Z/
HOLMES OH-STARK OH-WAYNE OH-
426 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN STARK
AND NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4055 8181 4074 8174 4071 8143 4065 8147
      4063 8166 4052 8166 4050 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 275DEG 26KT 4065 8150

$$

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, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark48 min
Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne50 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.