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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 10, 2014Ashland County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT for Ashland County, Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2014, 8:57 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashland County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

389 
WFUS51 KCLE 110030
TORCLE
OHC005-077-093-110115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0030.140911T0030Z-140911T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FITCHVILLE...
  SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  FITCHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  LONDON AND WELLINGTON

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 4099 8261 4111 8264 4129 8195 4127 8197
      4120 8201 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
      4100 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 261DEG 39KT 4102 8250

$$

1 follow-up statement

872 
WWUS51 KCLE 110057
SVSCLE

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

OHC005-077-093-110108-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-140911T0115Z/
ASHLAND OH-HURON OH-LORAIN OH-
857 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LORAIN...SOUTHEASTERN HURON AND
NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES
A RISK.

LAT...LON 4099 8261 4111 8264 4129 8195 4127 8197
      4120 8201 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
      4100 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 261DEG 39KT 4107 8212

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 9:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	6 hr
Sep 11, 4:04 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain	12 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.