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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 17, 2017Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2017, 7:05 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 17, 2017, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 17, 7:16 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 Ese Cortland, OH	AN NWS STORM SURVEY REVEALED A TORNADO PRODUCING EF-1 DAMAGE IN FOWLER CENTER IN TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO. THE PATH BEGAN JUST NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SR 193 AND 305 AND MOVED EAST SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES OVER A 1.25 MILE PATH. A MOBILE HOME WA
Aug 17, 7:18 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 N Yankee Lake, OH	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 7 NEAR HARTFORD. SEVERAL SPOTTER REPORTS OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG WITH FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS FROM KYNG AIRPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

369 
WFUS51 KCLE 172305
TORCLE
OHC155-172330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0008.170817T2305Z-170817T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
705 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Trumbull County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 730 PM EDT
    
* At 705 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Cortland, or near Warren, moving east at 20 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...
  Cortland around 715 PM EDT. 
  Vienna Center around 720 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Mecca,
Champion Heights, Brookfield Center, Orangeville, Vienna, Howland
Center, Yankee Lake, Bolindale, Johnston and West Hill.

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 4119 8081 4136 8091 4149 8052 4121 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 252DEG 16KT 4130 8077 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Lombardy

2 follow-up statements

159 
WWUS51 KCLE 172322
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
722 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017

OHC155-172330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170817T2330Z/
Trumbull OH-
722 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY...
    
At 721 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located east of Cortland, or 
9 miles northeast of Warren, moving east at 20 mph.  Multiple 
sitings of the tornado have been received.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. 

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 tornado will be near...
  Kinsman around 730 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Mecca,
Brookfield Center, Orangeville, Vienna, Yankee Lake, Johnston and
West Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4127 8074 4136 8081 4149 8052 4121 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 250DEG 16KT 4133 8067 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Lombardy

146 
WWUS51 KCLE 172331
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
731 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017

OHC155-172341-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170817T2330Z/
Trumbull OH-
731 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4127 8074 4136 8081 4149 8052 4121 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 252DEG 16KT 4133 8065 

$$

Lombardy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 17, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	21 min
Aug 17, 7:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	37 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.