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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2014, 3:10 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
- May 14, 2014, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Wooster, OH | |
| May 14, 3:24 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wooster, OH | |
| May 14, 3:34 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wooster, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
010
WFUS51 KCLE 141910
TORCLE
OHC169-141945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0018.140514T1910Z-140514T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
310 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOOSTER...SHREVE...RITTMAN...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
WOOSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
SALEM AND CRESTON
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 8212 4099 8212 4098 8172 4067 8185
4066 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 208DEG 22KT 4082 8206
$$1 follow-up statement
899
WWUS51 KCLE 141946
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
346 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
OHC169-141956-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140514T1945Z/
WAYNE OH-
346 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 4067 8212 4099 8212 4098 8172 4067 8185
4067 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 208DEG 22KT 4082 8206
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 52 min |
| May 14, 12:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Morrow | 52 min |
| May 14, 12:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 33 min |
| May 14, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland | 48 min |
| May 14, 11:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 28 hr |
| May 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 14, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 39 min |
| May 14, 2:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 10 hr |
| May 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 62 min |
| May 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| May 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 35 min |
| May 14, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 47 min |
| May 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| May 14, 2:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 10 hr |
| May 14, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 54 min |
| May 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| May 14, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 33 min |
| May 14, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 44 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Medina, Summit and 1 more | 10 hr |
| May 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit | 51 min |
| May 14, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 59 min |
| May 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Portage | 10 hr |
| May 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage | 57 min |
| May 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 10 hr |
| May 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake, Trumbull | 67 min |
| May 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 54 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 10 hr |
| May 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 63 min |
| May 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 45 min |
| May 14, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 10 hr |
| May 14, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 55 min |
| May 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 41 min |
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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.