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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:07 PM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
007
WFUS51 KCLE 250007
TORCLE
OHC063-173-250045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.160825T0007Z-160825T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
807 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 806 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DESHLER...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
WESTON AROUND 835 PM EDT.
BOWLING GREEN AROUND 845 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PORTAGE...CYGNET...WEST
MILLGROVE...HASKINS...BAIRDSTOWN...TONTOGANY... BLOOMDALE...JERRY
CITY...HOYTVILLE AND CUSTAR.
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 4140 8388 4143 8383 4144 8379 4147 8377
4146 8375 4149 8372 4150 8357 4112 8342
4109 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 239DEG 28KT 4120 8402
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
KOSARIK1 follow-up statement
083
WWUS51 KCLE 250028
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
828 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC063-250036-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
HANCOCK OH-
828 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH
OF HANCOCK COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
OHIO.
LAT...LON 4140 8388 4143 8383 4144 8379 4147 8377
4146 8375 4149 8372 4150 8357 4117 8344
4117 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 233DEG 28KT 4126 8386
$$
OHC173-250045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
WOOD OH-
828 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR WOOD
COUNTY...
AT 826 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DESHLER...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
REPORTED NEAR DESHLER. THE STORM IS MOVING INTO WOOD COUNTY.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
WESTON AROUND 840 PM EDT.
BOWLING GREEN AROUND 845 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PORTAGE...CYGNET...WEST
MILLGROVE...HASKINS...BAIRDSTOWN...TONTOGANY... BLOOMDALE...JERRY
CITY...HOYTVILLE AND CUSTAR.
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 4140 8388 4143 8383 4144 8379 4147 8377
4146 8375 4149 8372 4150 8357 4117 8344
4117 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 233DEG 28KT 4126 8386
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KOSARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Aug 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 24 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.