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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 2014Wayne County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 3:11 PM EDTHAIL 16 W Wooster, OH
May 14, 3:24 PM EDTHAIL 1Wooster, OH
May 14, 3:34 PM EDTHAIL 1Wooster, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow52 min
May 14, 12:38 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEMorrow52 min
May 14, 12:57 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox, Richland33 min
May 14, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland48 min
May 14, 11:49 AM EDTFlood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more28 hr
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 14, 1:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox39 min
May 14, 2:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELorain10 hr
May 14, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland62 min
May 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga38 min
May 14, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland35 min
May 14, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox47 min
May 14, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 14, 2:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEKnox10 hr
May 14, 2:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Wayne28 min
May 14, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes54 min
May 14, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga38 min
May 14, 2:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes33 min
May 14, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake44 min
May 14, 3:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Medina, Summit and 1 more10 hr
May 14, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake49 min
May 14, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit51 min
May 14, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula59 min
May 14, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 14, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake30 min
May 14, 4:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEPortage10 hr
May 14, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage57 min
May 14, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull10 hr
May 14, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake, Trumbull67 min
May 14, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark54 min
May 14, 5:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEStark10 hr
May 14, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull63 min
May 14, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark47 min
May 14, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull45 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes47 min
May 14, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMahoning10 hr
May 14, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne55 min
May 14, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull41 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.