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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 10, 2014Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT for Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2014, 5:46 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Stark County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 10, 1:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2014-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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 2014-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
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.

156 
WFUS51 KCLE 102116
TORCLE
OHC151-169-102200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0028.140910T2116Z-140910T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DALTON...OR
  9 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ORRVILLE...DOYLESTOWN...NORTH CANTON AND HARTVILLE

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 4080 8191 4099 8171 4098 8165 4091 8164
      4091 8143 4099 8141 4099 8115 4098 8113
      4068 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 223DEG 30KT 4081 8174

$$
KUBINA
2 follow-up statements
865 
WWUS51 KCLE 102136
SVSCLE

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

OHC169-102147-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140910T2200Z/
WAYNE OH-
536 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4091 8143 4092 8143 4093 8142
      4099 8141 4099 8115 4098 8113 4073 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 243DEG 26KT 4088 8156

$$

OHC151-102200-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140910T2200Z/
STARK OH-
536 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANAL FULTON...OR
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RITTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH CANTON AND HARTVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4091 8143 4092 8143 4093 8142
      4099 8141 4099 8115 4098 8113 4073 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 243DEG 26KT 4088 8156

$$
023 
WWUS51 KCLE 102146
SVSCLE

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

OHC151-102156-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140910T2200Z/
STARK OH-
546 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 4091 8164 4091 8143 4092 8143 4093 8142
      4099 8141 4099 8115 4098 8113 4073 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 243DEG 26KT 4091 8148

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 3:47 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE42 hr
Sep 10, 2:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas7 hr
Sep 10, 3:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE25 hr
Sep 10, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Summit, Wayne47 min
Sep 10, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Summit47 min
Sep 10, 5:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake14 min
Sep 10, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull42 min
Sep 10, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELucas6 hr
Sep 10, 6:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.