Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT for Morrow County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 12, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Bellville, OH | QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL LASTED FOR 6 MINUTES. |
| Jun 12, 10:36 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sw Bellville, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722
WFUS51 KCLE 130200
TORCLE
OHC117-139-130300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0007.130613T0200Z-130613T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1000 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT GILEAD...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD...ONTARIO...LEXINGTON...BELLVILLE...SHAUCK...BUTLER AND
LUCAS.
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 4055 8295 4065 8296 4065 8287 4071 8285
4071 8273 4076 8273 4079 8239 4073 8238
4072 8234 4056 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 266DEG 24KT 4065 8283
$$
LAPLANTE1 follow-up statement
110
WWUS51 KCLE 130244
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1044 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
OHC117-139-130300-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130613T0300Z/
MORROW OH-RICHLAND OH-
1044 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
RICHLAND AND NORTHEASTERN MORROW COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
BELLVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE...BUTLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4076 8273 4076 8239 4073 8238 4072 8234
4056 8234 4056 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 268DEG 30KT 4060 8246
$$
LAPLANTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Morrow | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Richland | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 110 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 112 min | |
| Jun 13, 12:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Morrow, Richland | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake, Portage, Stark, Summit | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 3:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 87 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Richland | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:14 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CLE | Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:21 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 18 hr | |
| Jun 13, 6:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 4 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.