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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 9, 2015Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2015, 8:34 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 9, 2015, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 9:01 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

859 
WFUS51 KCLE 100034
TORCLE
OHC123-143-100115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.150410T0034Z-150410T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 831 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GENOA...AND   
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON 
THE GROUND IN PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP MOVING TOWARD WESTERN OTTAWA 
COUNTY.

  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...
  ELMORE...PORT CLINTON...OAK HARBOR...CLAY CENTER...LINDSEY AND
  ROCKY RIDGE.

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 4162 8341 4162 8310 4154 8299 4152 8291
      4155 8287 4162 8285 4165 8287 4166 8285
      4168 8286 4169 8285 4169 8284 4149 8284
      4146 8297 4143 8294 4146 8285 4140 8285
      4143 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 255DEG 41KT 4154 8338

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KUBINA

2 follow-up statements

158 
WWUS51 KCLE 100044
SVSCLE

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

OHC143-100054-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150410T0115Z/
SANDUSKY OH-
844 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING STAYED NORTH OF SANDUSKY 
COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4161 8331 4162 8309 4154 8299 4152 8291
      4157 8286 4162 8285 4165 8287 4166 8285
      4168 8286 4169 8285 4169 8284 4149 8284
      4148 8295 4145 8299 4147 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 262DEG 34KT 4156 8323

$$

OHC123-100115-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150410T0115Z/
OTTAWA OH-
844 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM
EDT...

AT 842 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GENOA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
PORT CLINTON AND OAK HARBOR.

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 8331 4162 8309 4154 8299 4152 8291
      4157 8286 4162 8285 4165 8287 4166 8285
      4168 8286 4169 8285 4169 8284 4149 8284
      4148 8295 4145 8299 4147 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 262DEG 34KT 4156 8323

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

$$

KUBINA

030 
WWUS51 KCLE 100101
SVSCLE

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

OHC123-100111-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150410T0115Z/
OTTAWA OH-
901 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4161 8331 4162 8309 4154 8299 4152 8291
      4157 8286 4162 8285 4165 8287 4166 8285
      4168 8286 4169 8285 4169 8284 4149 8284
      4148 8295 4145 8299 4147 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 262DEG 34KT 4158 8302

$$

KUBINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	40 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.