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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 29, 2014Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 9:03 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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: Apr 29, 2014, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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
Apr 29, 9:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, OH	SOME TREES DOWN.
Apr 29, 9:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 61	Mansfield, OH
Apr 29, 9:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, OH	TRAILER COLLAPSED NEAR MOCK ROAD...SOME PEOPLE COULD BE TRAPPED.
Apr 29, 9:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Mansfield, OH	WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 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.

355 
WFUS51 KCLE 300103
TORCLE
OHC139-300145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.140430T0103Z-140430T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
903 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ONTARIO...
  OR NEAR MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4069 8262 4071 8264 4071 8272 4074 8273
      4100 8254 4100 8243 4099 8242 4082 8242
      4081 8241 4069 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 212DEG 28KT 4074 8259

$$
KIELTYKA

1 follow-up statement

300 
WWUS51 KCLE 300131
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
931 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

OHC139-300141-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140430T0145Z/
RICHLAND OH-
931 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 4069 8262 4071 8264 4071 8272 4074 8273
      4100 8254 4100 8243 4099 8242 4082 8242
      4081 8241 4069 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 212DEG 28KT 4093 8244

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	39 min
Apr 29, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	56 min
Apr 29, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	56 min
Apr 29, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Apr 29, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	67 min
Apr 29, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	56 min
Apr 29, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Apr 30, 12:07 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	47 hr
Apr 30, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	25 hr
Apr 30, 4:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	18 hr
Apr 30, 4:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	19 hr
Apr 30, 6:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne	24 hr

Nearby

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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.