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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 12, 2014Medina County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2014, 8:41 PM EDT for Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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.

984 
WFUS51 KCLE 130041
TORCLE
OHC103-153-130130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.140513T0041Z-140513T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
841 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AKRON...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  WADSWORTH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BARBERTON...CUYAHOGA FALLS...TALLMADGE AND MOGADORE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8182 4114 8184 4117 8184 4123 8139
      4099 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 265DEG 16KT 4109 8169

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Summit45 min
May 12, 8:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina6 hr
May 12, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Medina44 min
May 12, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit7 hr
May 12, 8:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain39 hr
May 12, 8:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain39 hr
May 12, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina48 min
May 12, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit38 min
May 12, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Wayne31 min
May 12, 9:29 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Summit31 min
May 12, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit42 min
May 12, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne45 min
May 12, 9:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit39 min
May 12, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull6 hr
May 12, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie6 hr
May 12, 10:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Wayne8 hr
May 12, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull8 hr
May 12, 10:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning7 hr
May 12, 10:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESummit11 hr
May 12, 10:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion13 hr
May 13, 12:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLECuyahoga29 hr
May 13, 1:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull33 hr
May 13, 3:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit16 hr
May 13, 4:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLETrumbull6 hr
May 13, 4:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 7 more17 hr
May 13, 9:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLECuyahoga14 hr
May 13, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 13, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood44 min
May 13, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 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.