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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 2013Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 7:46 PM EST for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 8:30 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 8:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMartinsburg, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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°0°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.

376 
WFUS51 KCLE 180046
TORCLE
OHC083-180130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0032.131118T0046Z-131118T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 745 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CENTERBURG...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT VERNON...FREDERICKTOWN...GAMBIER...DANVILLE...MARTINSBURG...
  NORTH LIBERTY...AMITY...BLADENSBURG AND GANN.

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 4024 8248 4026 8249 4028 8276 4035 8275
      4035 8265 4055 8264 4055 8237 4057 8218
      4042 8218 4024 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 257DEG 50KT 4030 8254

$$

LAPLANTE
2 follow-up statements
271 
WWUS51 KCLE 180100
SVSCLE

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

OHC083-180130-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-131118T0130Z/
KNOX OH-
800 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR EASTERN
KNOX COUNTY...

AT 758 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BLADENSBURG...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE  POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE....

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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4025 8238 4055 8237 4057 8218 4042 8218
      4024 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 257DEG 50KT 4036 8224

$$

LAPLANTE
588 
WWUS51 KCLE 180118
SVSCLE

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

OHC083-180128-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-131118T0130Z/
KNOX OH-
818 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4025 8238 4055 8237 4057 8218 4042 8218
      4024 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 257DEG 50KT 4041 8194

$$

KING

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, 7:27 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEAshland33 min
Nov 17, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina56 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.