Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Glenmont, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
114
WWUS51 KCLE 122342
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
OHC075-130000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130613T0000Z/
HOLMES OH-
742 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HOLMES COUNTY...
AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...FARMERSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 8218 4055 8218 4056 8166 4046 8166
4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 275DEG 15KT 4045 8205
$$
LAPLANTE151
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
$$
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion | 48 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.