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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 2013Ashland County, Ohio

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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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
Nov 17, 7:40 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGAshland, OHMANY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 17, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2013-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

LAPLANTE
1 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

$$

SCHEPEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow, Richland59 min
Nov 17, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
Nov 17, 7:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie23 min
Nov 17, 7:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland38 min
Nov 17, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina56 min
Nov 17, 7:46 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEKnox44 min
Nov 17, 7:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne58 min
Nov 17, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake52 min
Nov 17, 7:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland36 min
Nov 17, 7:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes64 min
Nov 17, 8:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit39 min
Nov 17, 8:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark61 min
Nov 17, 8:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage58 min
Nov 17, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga41 min
Nov 17, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula67 min
Nov 17, 8:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Nov 17, 8:37 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain7 hr
Nov 17, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull52 min
Nov 18, 10:24 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 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.