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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2014, 8:21 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 27, 2014, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyndhurst, OH | A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN OVER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
386
WFUS51 KCLE 280021
TORCLE
OHC035-085-280100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0024.140728T0021Z-140728T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
821 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLEVELAND...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAINESVILLE...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...EUCLID...EASTLAKE...WILLOUGHBY...MENTOR...PERRY
AND MADISON
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.
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 SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8129
4157 8130 4157 8139 4143 8138 4138 8139
4149 8184 4151 8172 4164 8149 4172 8138
4177 8129 4177 8124 4185 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 279DEG 42KT 4157 8167
$$2 follow-up statements
162
WWUS51 KCLE 280046
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
846 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
OHC035-085-280100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140728T0100Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LAKE OH-
846 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...
AT 844 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO....WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR GATES
MILLS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARDON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERRY...PAINESVILLE AND MADISON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4185 8100 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111
4164 8129 4157 8130 4157 8139 4143 8138
4138 8139 4143 8156 4174 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 279DEG 42KT 4153 8132
$$279
WWUS51 KCLE 280050
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
850 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
OHC035-085-280101-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140728T0100Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LAKE OH-
850 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4185 8100 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111
4164 8129 4157 8130 4157 8139 4143 8138
4138 8139 4143 8156 4174 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 279DEG 42KT 4152 8123
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 80 min | |
| Jul 27, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 23 hr | |
| Jul 28, 4:56 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more | 17 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.