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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2014, 7:42 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
- May 12, 2014, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Elyria, OH | AN EF1 OCCURRED IN EATON TOWNSHIP. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 86 MPH. MAX PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS WIDE. PATH LENGTH 1.02 MILES. DAMAGE CONSISTED MAINLY OF DOWNED TREES AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS LOST SECTIONS OF ROOFING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057
WFUS51 KCLE 122342
TORCLE
OHC035-093-130030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.140512T2342Z-140513T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELYRIA...
WESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRONGSVILLE...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ELYRIA...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRAFTON...NORTH RIDGEVILLE...WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON AND PARMA
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4133 8166 4127 8193 4127 8197 4126 8197
4122 8217 4142 8223 4150 8192 4149 8186
4150 8184 4150 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 257DEG 22KT 4135 8207
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KCLE 130022
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
822 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
OHC035-093-130030-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140513T0030Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
822 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LORAIN AND WESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...
AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EATON ESTATES...OR 6 MILES WEST OF STRONGSVILLE...MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESTLAKE...ROCKY RIVER...PARMA HEIGHTS...PARMA...OLMSTED FALLS...
NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH OLMSTED...MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS...FAIRVIEW
PARK...BROOK PARK...BEREA AND BAY VILLAGE
LAT...LON 4133 8166 4127 8193 4127 8197 4126 8197
4125 8201 4148 8202 4150 8192 4149 8188
4150 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 247DEG 9KT 4133 8194
$$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, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 39 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 95 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.