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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 9, 2015Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2015, 8:05 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. 4 reports 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, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 9, 8:08 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Whitehouse, OH	HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
Apr 9, 8:14 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	E Maumee, OH
Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Sw Walbridge, OH
Apr 9, 8:28 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	S Perrysburg, OH

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

172 
WFUS51 KCLE 100005
TORCLE
OHC095-173-100045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0002.150410T0005Z-150410T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 804 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITEHOUSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  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...
  WATERVILLE...PERRYSBURG...ROSSFORD...NORTHWOOD...OREGON...
  HASKINS...MAUMEE...LUCKEY...WALBRIDGE AND MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4158 8389 4169 8330 4164 8321 4163 8316
      4162 8341 4149 8341 4145 8342 4139 8389
      4143 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 258DEG 40KT 4150 8378

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

$$

KUBINA

3 follow-up statements

027 
WWUS51 KCLE 100019
SVSCLE

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

OHC095-173-100045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
819 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LUCAS AND NORTHERN
WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 816 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR WALNUT HILLS 
HEADING TOWARD ROUTE 795.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...
ROSSFORD...NORTHWOOD...OREGON...LUCKEY...WALBRIDGE AND MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4158 8389 4169 8330 4164 8321 4163 8316
      4162 8341 4149 8341 4145 8342 4139 8389
      4143 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 258DEG 40KT 4153 8358

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KUBINA

374 
WWUS51 KCLE 100028
SVSCLE

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

OHC095-100038-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
LUCAS OH-
828 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4161 8359 4162 8357 4162 8342 4158 8341
      4149 8341 4149 8342 4145 8342 4143 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 258DEG 40KT 4155 8345

$$

OHC173-100045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
WOOD OH-
828 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 827 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

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...
MILLBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4161 8359 4162 8357 4162 8342 4158 8341
      4149 8341 4149 8342 4145 8342 4143 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 258DEG 40KT 4155 8345

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

$$
KUBINA

414 
WWUS51 KCLE 100037
SVSCLE

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

OHC173-100047-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T0045Z/
WOOD OH-
837 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4161 8359 4162 8357 4162 8342 4158 8341
      4149 8341 4149 8342 4145 8342 4143 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 258DEG 40KT 4157 8332

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 8:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	27 min
Apr 10, 3:44 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	7 days
Apr 10, 4:05 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 4 more	15 hr
Apr 10, 8:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	30 hr
Apr 10, 3:18 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		7 hr

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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.