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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2015Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2015, 2:59 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 14, 2015, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 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.

298 
WFUS51 KCLE 141859
TORCLE
OHC075-141930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0009.150714T1859Z-150714T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
259 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
    
* AT 259 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MILLERSBURG...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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BERLIN AROUND 310 PM EDT.
  WALNUT CREEK AND FARMERSTOWN AROUND 320 PM EDT.
  SUGARCREEK AROUND 330 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHARM
AND BALTIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8198 4062 8195 4060 8166 4045 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 280DEG 20KT 4052 8188 

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

$$

LAPLANTE

2 follow-up statements

913 
WWUS51 KCLE 141909
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
309 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

OHC075-141930-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150714T1930Z/
HOLMES OH-
309 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY...
    
AT 309 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BERLIN...OR NEAR MILLERSBURG...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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALNUT CREEK AND FARMERSTOWN AROUND 320 PM EDT.
  SUGARCREEK AROUND 330 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHARM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4047 8189 4056 8186 4060 8166 4045 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 280DEG 20KT 4051 8181 

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

$$

LAPLANTE

833 
WWUS51 KCLE 141930
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

OHC075-141938-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150714T1930Z/
HOLMES OH-
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4047 8189 4056 8186 4060 8166 4045 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 280DEG 20KT 4051 8181 

$$

LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 11:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 18 more	9 hr
Jul 14, 12:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	67 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	43 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	48 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	39 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	56 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox	48 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	44 min
Jul 14, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage	6 hr
Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	54 min
Jul 14, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark	51 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	45 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Holmes	6 hr
Jul 14, 4:12 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more	24 hr
Jul 14, 4:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		24 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.