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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 5, 2017Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2017, 2:42 PM EST for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2017, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2017, 3:02 PM EST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 5, 2:42 PM EST	TORNADO 1	1 Ese Bloomingville, OH	SPOTTER REPORTS DAMAGE TO HOMES AND POWERLINES NEAR MASON ROAD IN PERKINS TOWNSHIP.
Nov 5, 2:52 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wsw Huron, OH	SPOTTER REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ON HURON-AVERY ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 5, 12:08 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

511 
WFUS51 KCLE 051942
TORCLE
OHC043-093-052015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0011.171105T1942Z-171105T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
242 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Erie County in north central Ohio...
  Northwestern Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 315 PM EST
    
* At 242 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Milan, or 7 miles south of Sandusky, moving east
  at 35 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...
  Western Vermilion around 310 PM EST. 
  Amherst around 315 PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bloomingville, Sandusky South, Berlin Heights, Birmingham, Fairview
Lanes and South Amherst.

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 4139 8213 4128 8255 4129 8275 4140 8281
      4148 8261 4142 8252 4141 8248 4150 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 247DEG 32KT 4136 8267 

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

$$

King

1 follow-up statement

258 
WWUS51 KCLE 052002
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
302 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

OHC043-093-052011-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-171105T2015Z/
Erie OH-Lorain OH-
302 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for north central
Ohio.

LAT...LON 4139 8213 4128 8255 4129 8275 4140 8281
      4148 8261 4142 8252 4141 8248 4150 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 247DEG 32KT 4143 8245 

$$

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 2:08 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	25 hr
Nov 5, 12:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	61 min
Nov 5, 12:47 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		88 min
Nov 5, 1:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	67 min
Nov 5, 2:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
Nov 5, 2:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	67 min
Nov 5, 2:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie	32 min
Nov 5, 2:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Nov 5, 2:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	67 min
Nov 5, 3:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	6 hr
Nov 5, 3:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	47 min
Nov 5, 3:22 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		24 hr
Nov 5, 3:44 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Nov 5, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	55 min
Nov 5, 4:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood, Wyandot	30 min
Nov 5, 4:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot	57 min
Nov 5, 4:43 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		92 min
Nov 5, 4:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	22 min
Nov 5, 4:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Morrow, Richland	54 min
Nov 5, 4:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca	54 min
Nov 5, 4:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	3 hr
Nov 5, 4:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Huron, Seneca	32 min
Nov 5, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	46 min
Nov 5, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	43 min
Nov 5, 5:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	26 min
Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		90 min
Nov 5, 5:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	3 hr
Nov 5, 5:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	14 min
Nov 5, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	43 min
Nov 5, 6:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	18 min
Nov 5, 6:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	23 min
Nov 5, 6:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	39 min
Nov 5, 6:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.