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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 12, 2013Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2013, 7:20 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 12, 2013, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Glenmont, OH

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
Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2013-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2013-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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.

785 
WFUS51 KCLE 122320
TORCLE
OHC075-130000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.130612T2320Z-130613T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
720 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENMONT...OR 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MILLERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILLERSBURG...GLENMONT...KILLBUCK...BERLIN...FARMERSTOWN...WALNUT
  CREEK AND CHARM.

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 4045 8218 4055 8218 4056 8166 4046 8166
      4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 275DEG 15KT 4046 8215

$$

LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
114 
WWUS51 KCLE 122342
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

OHC075-130000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130613T0000Z/
HOLMES OH-
742 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HOLMES COUNTY...

AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...FARMERSTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8218 4055 8218 4056 8166 4046 8166
      4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 275DEG 15KT 4045 8205

$$

LAPLANTE
151 
WWUS51 KCLE 122355 RRA
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
755 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

OHC075-130006-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130613T0000Z/
HOLMES OH-
755 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM
EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4045 8218 4055 8218 4056 8166 4046 8166
      4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 275DEG 15KT 4044 8196

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:35 AM EDTFlood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more30 hr
Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca45 min
Jun 12, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox63 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland62 min
Jun 12, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion62 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion48 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.