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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 7:27 PM EST for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 7:27 PM EST (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ashland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 7:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, OH | MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 551 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187
WFUS51 KCLE 180027
TORCLE
OHC005-180100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0031.131118T0027Z-131118T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
727 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 726 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...SAVANNAH...POLK...BAILEY LAKES...NANKIN...NOVA AND
SULLIVAN.
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 4082 8242 4099 8242 4100 8243 4106 8243
4106 8218 4099 8217 4099 8213 4089 8213
4081 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 239DEG 38KT 4092 8242
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
931
WWUS51 KCLE 180049
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
749 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
OHC005-180059-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-131118T0100Z/
ASHLAND OH-
749 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4082 8242 4099 8242 4100 8243 4106 8243
4106 8218 4099 8217 4099 8213 4089 8213
4081 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 239DEG 38KT 4104 8215
$$
SCHEPELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Nov 17, 7:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 56 min |
| Nov 17, 7:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 7:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 61 min |
| Nov 17, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 67 min |
| Nov 17, 8:34 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Nov 17, 8:37 PM EST | High Wind Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 52 min |
| Nov 18, 10:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 6 hr |
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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.