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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2014Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2014, 10:58 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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: May 21, 2014, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2014, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 11:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	1 Se Kinsman, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

663 
WFUS51 KCLE 220258
TORCLE
OHC007-155-220345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0021.140522T0258Z-140522T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1058 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  EASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ORANGEVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  YANKEE LAKE AND BROOKFIELD CENTER

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 4117 8059 4148 8084 4159 8076 4150 8052
      4147 8051 4127 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 304DEG 24KT 4149 8071

$$

2 follow-up statements

947 
WWUS51 KCLE 220320
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1120 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHC007-155-220345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140522T0345Z/
TRUMBULL OH-ASHTABULA OH-
1120 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA AND NORTHEASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTIES...

AT 1117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF ORANGEVILLE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARREN...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. 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. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

LAT...LON 4128 8059 4150 8078 4157 8071 4150 8052
      4147 8051 4127 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 304DEG 24KT 4147 8059

$$

914 
WWUS51 KCLE 220348
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1148 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHC007-155-220358-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140522T0345Z/
TRUMBULL OH-ASHTABULA OH-
1148 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ASHTABULA AND NORTHEASTERN
TRUMBULL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 4128 8059 4150 8078 4157 8071 4150 8052
      4147 8051 4127 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 304DEG 24KT 4147 8059

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	63 min
May 21, 8:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Ottawa	3 hr
May 21, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
May 21, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	58 min
May 21, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	61 min
May 21, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		75 min
May 21, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron	3 hr
May 21, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	3 hr
May 21, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	74 min
May 21, 10:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Richland	3 hr
May 21, 11:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull	5 hr
May 21, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	77 min
May 21, 11:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Ottawa	3 hr
May 22, 2:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	18 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.