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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 2013Marion County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 6:25 PM EST for Marion County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 6:33 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Upper Sandusky, OH	BARN DESTROYED.
Nov 17, 6:33 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Upper Sandusky, OH	POLES AND POWER LINES 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 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.

009 
WFUS51 KCLE 172325
TORCLE
OHC101-175-180000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0030.131117T2325Z-131118T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 624 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF KENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  65 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSEILLES AROUND 630 PM EST.
  UPPER SANDUSKY AROUND 640 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE KIRBY...
HARPSTER AND NEVADA.

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 4091 8348 4099 8346 4100 8312 4061 8311
      4060 8312 4056 8342 4068 8343 4070 8345
      4070 8350 4079 8351 4080 8349 4082 8351
      4090 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 238DEG 58KT 4068 8350

$$

KING

2 follow-up statements

372 
WWUS51 KCLE 172342
SVSCLE

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

OHC101-175-180000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/
WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-
642 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MARION AND EASTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES...

AT 638 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
UPPER SANDUSKY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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 4099 8341 4099 8312 4066 8311 4060 8312
      4058 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 243DEG 54KT 4093 8318

$$

SCHEPEL

520 
WWUS51 KCLE 172355
SVSCLE

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

OHC101-175-180005-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-131118T0000Z/
WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-
655 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION AND EASTERN WYANDOT
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 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 4099 8341 4099 8312 4066 8311 4060 8312
      4058 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 243DEG 54KT 4101 8295

$$

SCHEPEL

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, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas	25 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, 6:28 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.