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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 10, 2014Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2014, 5:28 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

305 
WFUS51 KCLE 102114
TORCLE
OHC007-085-102145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0027.140910T2114Z-140910T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHTABULA...
  NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAINESVILLE...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PERRY...OR
  NEAR PAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MADISON AND GENEVA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 4191 8066 4171 8101 4171 8110 4166 8110
      4164 8114 4164 8120 4174 8134 4177 8129
      4177 8124 4185 8106 4188 8091 4192 8080
      4194 8070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 225DEG 36KT 4176 8116

$$
TK

1 follow-up statement

265 
WWUS51 KCLE 102128
SVSCLE

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

OHC007-085-102138-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140910T2145Z/
LAKE OH-ASHTABULA OH-
528 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ASHTABULA AND NORTHEASTERN
LAKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4191 8066 4171 8101 4171 8110 4166 8110
      4164 8114 4164 8120 4174 8134 4177 8129
      4177 8124 4185 8106 4188 8091 4192 8080
      4194 8070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 225DEG 36KT 4186 8103

$$
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, 4:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit, Wayne	47 min
Sep 10, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.