Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2016, 8:42 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
County Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
632
WFUS51 KCLE 250042
TORCLE
OHC173-250130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.160825T0042Z-160825T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
842 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 840 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WESTON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BOWLING
GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED
NEAR CUSTAR WITH THIS STORM AND THE STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
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...
BOWLING GREEN AROUND 900 PM EDT.
PERRYSBURG AROUND 920 PM EDT.
ROSSFORD AND NORTHWOOD AROUND 930 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PORTAGE...HASKINS...WAYNE...STONY RIDGE...GRAND RAPIDS...BRADNER...
MILLBURY...PEMBERVILLE...WALBRIDGE AND TONTOGANY.
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 4144 8379 4146 8377 4146 8375 4149 8371
4153 8371 4157 8362 4162 8357 4162 8342
4130 8342 4124 8386 4141 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 224DEG 25KT 4134 8381
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
KOSARIK2 follow-up statements
747
WWUS51 KCLE 250100
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
900 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC173-250130-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160825T0130Z/
WOOD OH-
900 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY...
AT 859 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A WALL
CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 855 PM NEAR BOWLING GREEN.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
PORTAGE...HASKINS...WAYNE...BRADNER...MILLBURY...PEMBERVILLE...
WALBRIDGE...LUCKEY... STONY RIDGE AND MAUMEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4146 8375 4149 8371 4153 8371 4157 8362
4162 8357 4162 8342 4130 8342 4127 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 240DEG 27KT 4139 8364
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KOSARIK296
WWUS51 KCLE 250129
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
929 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
OHC173-250138-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160825T0130Z/
WOOD OH-
929 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT AS ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS WOOD COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
OHIO.
LAT...LON 4146 8375 4149 8371 4153 8371 4157 8362
4162 8357 4162 8342 4130 8342 4127 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 224DEG 25KT 4139 8364
$$
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, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 38 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.