Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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
- May 12, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
806
WFUS51 KCLE 122306
TORCLE
OHC093-122345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.140512T2306Z-140512T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
706 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...ELYRIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
VERMILION...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LORAIN. THIS TORNADO WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
AMHERST...SHEFFIELD LAKE...SHEFFIELD AND AVON
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 4152 8196 4141 8198 4129 8234 4138 8235
4144 8234 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8206
4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 056DEG 1KT 4142 8237
$$1 follow-up statement
228
WWUS51 KCLE 122321
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
721 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
OHC093-122345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140512T2345Z/
LORAIN OH-
721 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LORAIN COUNTY...
AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR LORAIN. A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED IN
THE CITY OF LORAIN AT 715 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHEFFIELD LAKE...SHEFFIELD...ELYRIA...AVON LAKE AND AVON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4152 8196 4141 8198 4129 8234 4138 8235
4144 8234 4144 8227 4148 8219 4152 8206
4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 261DEG 3KT 4143 8216
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 64 min |
| May 11, 8:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 66 min |
| May 12, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| May 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 44 min |
| May 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 47 min |
| May 12, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 77 min | |
| May 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 42 min |
| May 12, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 12, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 95 min | |
| May 12, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 48 min |
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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.