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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 9, 20154 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2015, 5:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 9, 2015, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 5:28 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Hancock County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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
Apr 9, 5:15 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Fostoria, OH	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR FOSTORIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

408 
WFUS51 KCLE 092102
TORCLE
OHC063-143-147-173-092145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.150409T2102Z-150409T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
502 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOSTORIA...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOSTORIA...CLYDE...GREEN SPRINGS...RISINGSUN...BURGOON...BETTSVILLE
  AND BALLVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4137 8293 4115 8289 4110 8358 4128 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 262DEG 38KT 4121 8345

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TK

1 follow-up statement

937 
WWUS51 KCLE 092128
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
528 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

OHC063-143-147-173-092138-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150409T2145Z/
HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-WOOD OH-SANDUSKY OH-
528 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SANDUSKY...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...
NORTHERN SENECA AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4137 8293 4115 8289 4110 8358 4128 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 262DEG 38KT 4125 8310

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 3:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more	27 hr
Apr 9, 5:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Knox	3 hr
Apr 9, 6:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	46 hr
Apr 9, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	8 days
Apr 9, 3:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	8 days
Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CLE		24 hr
Apr 9, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	44 min
Apr 9, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		72 min
Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	54 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.