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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 2013Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 5:19 PM EST for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 8 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
Nov 17, 2013, 5:19 PM EST (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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
Nov 17, 5:25 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 64Haskins, OH
Nov 17, 5:32 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 85Bowling Green, OH
Nov 17, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPerrysburg, OH795 OREGON RD...ROOF OFF A HOUSE AND LOSS OF POWER.
Nov 17, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPerrysburg, OHROOF OFF A HOUSE AND LOSS OF POWER ON OREGON RD.
Nov 17, 5:35 PM ESTTORNADOJerry City, OHA CONFIRMED EF-1 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOMES
Nov 17, 5:35 PM ESTTORNADOPerrysburg, OHA CONFIRMED EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR OREGON ROAD AND ROUTE 795 IN PERRYSBURG. SOME BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED.
Nov 17, 5:36 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Perrysburg, OHMANY TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IN FRIENDLY VILLAGE TRAILER COURT.
Nov 17, 6:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWayne, OH2 BASKETBALL HOOPS BENT IN HALF, CINDER BLOCKS IN POOL, FENCE DAMAGED, CAMPER MOVED SEVERAL FEET, SHED BLOWN TO NEXT STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

181 
WFUS51 KCLE 172219
TORCLE
OHC173-172300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0028.131117T2219Z-131117T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
519 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 517 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DESHLER...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUSTAR...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUSTAR...BOWLING GREEN...NORTH BALTIMORE...WESTON...PERRYSBURG...
  ROSSFORD...NORTHWOOD...HOYTVILLE...MILTON CENTER...GRAND RAPIDS...
  BAIRDSTOWN...CYGNET...BLOOMDALE...TONTOGANY...JERRY CITY...
  PORTAGE...HASKINS...WEST MILLGROVE...WAYNE AND RISINGSUN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 4141 8389 4144 8379 4146 8378 4146 8375
      4149 8371 4153 8371 4155 8368 4157 8361
      4162 8357 4162 8343 4117 8342 4116 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 239DEG 63KT 4124 8388

$$

LAPLANTE
3 follow-up statements
876 
WWUS51 KCLE 172232
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
532 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

OHC173-172300-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131117T2300Z/
WOOD OH-
532 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR WOOD
COUNTY...

AT 529 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
PORTAGE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
70 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...
PEMBERVILLE...LUCKEY...BRADNER AND WAYNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4141 8389 4144 8379 4146 8378 4146 8375
      4149 8371 4153 8371 4155 8368 4157 8361
      4162 8357 4162 8343 4117 8342 4116 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 242DEG 63KT 4132 8367

$$

LAPLANTE
336 
WWUS51 KCLE 172244
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
544 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

OHC173-172300-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131117T2300Z/
WOOD OH-
544 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR WOOD
COUNTY...

AT 542 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
PEMBERVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70
MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4153 8371 4155 8368 4157 8361 4162 8357
      4162 8343 4117 8342 4116 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 242DEG 63KT 4142 8340

$$

SCHEPEL
563 
WWUS51 KCLE 172258 RRA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
558 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

OHC173-172308-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-131117T2300Z/
WOOD OH-
558 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4153 8371 4155 8368 4157 8361 4162 8357
      4162 8343 4117 8342 4116 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 242DEG 63KT 4153 8311

$$

SCHEPEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 3:33 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more32 hr
Nov 17, 3:36 PM ESTLow Water AdvisoryCLE24 hr
Nov 17, 4:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 17, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood59 min
Nov 17, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningCLELucas25 min
Nov 17, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky49 min
Nov 17, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca53 min
Nov 17, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock64 min
Nov 17, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot71 min
Nov 17, 6:25 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot35 min
Nov 17, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky47 min
Nov 17, 6:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca41 min
Nov 17, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron66 min
Nov 17, 6:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 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.