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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 5, 2015Crawford County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT for Crawford County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 5, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2015, 4:35 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Crawford County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

729 
WFUS51 KCLE 052000
TORCLE
OHC033-175-052045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.150505T2000Z-150505T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 358 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VANLUE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 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...
  UPPER SANDUSKY...SYCAMORE AND CHATFIELD.

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 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346 4099 8345
      4099 8288 4083 8286 4083 8348 4091 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 265DEG 21KT 4093 8336

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

$$

TK

2 follow-up statements

703 
WWUS51 KCLE 052019
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

OHC033-175-052045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150505T2045Z/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-
419 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND CENTRAL WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 415 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SYCAMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
CHATFIELD.

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 4083 8332 4090 8337 4097 8330 4096 8288
      4083 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 273DEG 15KT 4088 8317

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

$$

TK

256 
WWUS51 KCLE 052035
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
435 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

OHC033-175-052045-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150505T2045Z/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-
435 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...AND CENTRAL WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO 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 4083 8332 4090 8337 4097 8330 4096 8288
      4083 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 273DEG 15KT 4088 8308

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Richland	56 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	55 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.