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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 12, 2014Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2014, 8:57 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

895 
WFUS51 KCLE 130057
TORCLE
OHC035-093-103-130145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0007.140513T0057Z-140513T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRONGSVILLE...
  NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WELLINGTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF ELYRIA...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GRAFTON...BRUNSWICK...PARMA AND NORTH ROYALTON

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 4128 8165 4127 8168 4117 8169 4113 8224
      4130 8228 4142 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 260DEG 20KT 4123 8215

$$
1 follow-up statement
938 
WWUS51 KCLE 130142
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
942 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

OHC035-093-103-130152-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140513T0145Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-
942 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEDINA...CENTRAL LORAIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4128 8165 4127 8168 4117 8169 4113 8224
      4130 8228 4142 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 260DEG 20KT 4127 8181

$$

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, 8:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Summit49 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, 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.