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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 10, 2014Medina County, Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT for Medina County, Summit County, Wayne 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: Sep 10, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
Sep 10, 4:43 PM EDT	TORNADO	Rittman, OH	REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE 57.

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
Sep 10, 1:54 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

515 
WFUS51 KCLE 102013
TORCLE
OHC103-153-169-102100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0025.140910T2013Z-140910T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
413 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AKRON...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOOSTER...RITTMAN...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WOOSTER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CRESTON...DOYLESTOWN...WADSWORTH...BARBERTON AND CUYAHOGA FALLS

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 NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4072 8196 4083 8213 4085 8213 4128 8169
      4128 8158 4116 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 221DEG 32KT 4085 8196

$$

2 follow-up statements

464 
WWUS51 KCLE 102032
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
432 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

OHC103-153-169-102100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140910T2100Z/
MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH-
432 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CENTRAL SUMMIT AND EASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESTON...OR NEAR
RITTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR SMITHVILLE HIGH 
SCHOOL AT 430 PM. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WADSWORTH...RITTMAN...DOYLESTOWN...CUYAHOGA FALLS...CRESTON...
BARBERTON AND AKRON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4085 8180 4093 8196 4128 8169 4128 8158
      4116 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 219DEG 27KT 4095 8186

$$
!KUBINA

948 
WWUS51 KCLE 102049
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
449 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

OHC103-153-169-102100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140910T2100Z/
MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-WAYNE OH-
449 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CENTRAL SUMMIT AND EASTERN MEDINA COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN 
RITTMAN AT 443PM.  THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR 
DOYLESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WADSWORTH...RITTMAN...DOYLESTOWN...CUYAHOGA FALLS...BARBERTON AND
AKRON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8185 4128 8169 4128 8158 4116 8140
      4091 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 237DEG 32KT 4099 8167

$$
TK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 3:47 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		42 hr
Sep 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lucas	7 hr
Sep 10, 3:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		25 hr
Sep 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	47 min
Sep 10, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	14 min
Sep 10, 5:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	30 min
Sep 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	42 min
Sep 10, 6:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas	6 hr
Sep 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	8 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.