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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 2013Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 5:35 PM EST for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 17, 5:43 PM EST	TORNADO	Oregon, OH	A CONFIRMED EF-2 TORNADO TRACKED FROM PERRYSBURG TO OREGON WHERE SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED.
Nov 17, 5:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Oregon, OH	ONE ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME WITH DAMAGE TO SEVERAL GARAGES ON LALLENDORF RD.
Nov 17, 5:50 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 65	Oregon, OH
Nov 17, 5:55 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Oregon, OH	DRIVE-IN MOVIE SCREEN BLOWN DOWN.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 17, 4:25 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

453 
WFUS51 KCLE 172235
TORCLE
OHC095-172300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0029.131117T2235Z-131117T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 534 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERRYSBURG...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WATERVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOLEDO AROUND 540 PM EST.
  OREGON AROUND 550 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE HARBOR VIEW.

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 4172 8376 4174 8345 4172 8341 4170 8342
      4169 8337 4172 8334 4163 8318 4174 8311
      4175 8310 4174 8309 4163 8316 4162 8357
      4157 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 238DEG 54KT 4156 8364

$$

KING

2 follow-up statements

280 
WWUS51 KCLE 172249
SVSCLE

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

OHC095-172300-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-131117T2300Z/
LUCAS OH-
549 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

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

AT 547 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
OREGON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4158 8364 4173 8366 4174 8345 4172 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8337 4172 8334 4163 8318
      4174 8311 4175 8310 4174 8309 4163 8316
      4162 8357 4157 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 244DEG 60KT 4165 8336

$$

KING

848 
WWUS51 KCLE 172300
SVSCLE

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

OHC095-172309-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-131117T2300Z/
LUCAS OH-
600 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 
PM...

THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4158 8364 4173 8366 4174 8345 4172 8341
      4170 8342 4169 8337 4172 8334 4163 8318
      4174 8311 4175 8310 4174 8309 4163 8316
      4162 8357 4157 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 244DEG 60KT 4172 8316

$$

KING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 3:33 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	32 hr
Nov 17, 3:36 PM EST	Low Water Advisory	CLE		24 hr
Nov 17, 4:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 17, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	59 min
Nov 17, 5:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wood	41 min
Nov 17, 5:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	49 min
Nov 17, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	53 min
Nov 17, 5:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	64 min
Nov 17, 6:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	71 min
Nov 17, 6:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Marion, Wyandot	35 min
Nov 17, 6:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Sandusky	47 min
Nov 17, 6:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	41 min
Nov 17, 6:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	66 min
Nov 17, 6:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 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.