Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 2, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Ashtabula County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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 nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
927
WFUS51 KCLE 021830
TORCLE
OHC007-021915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.181002T1830Z-181002T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
230 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Ashtabula County in northeastern Ohio...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 230 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Geneva, or near Geneva-On-The-Lake, moving
southeast at 20 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...
Andover around 315 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kelloggsville, Plymouth Center, Cherry Valley, Pierpont, Austinburg,
Edgewood and Rock Creek.
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 4155 8052 4172 8101 4178 8101 4187 8096
4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 294DEG 19KT 4178 8090
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LaPlante3 follow-up statements
264
WWUS51 KCLE 021835
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
235 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
OHC007-021915-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-181002T1915Z/
Ashtabula OH-
235 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ASHTABULA COUNTY...
At 235 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Austinbury near I-90, or 7 miles southeast of
Geneva-On-The-Lake, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Andover around 315 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kelloggsville, Plymouth Center, Pierpont, Austinburg and Edgewood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4155 8052 4173 8098 4178 8098 4185 8093
4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 294DEG 19KT 4177 8087
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LaPlante395
WWUS51 KCLE 021847
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
247 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
OHC007-021915-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-181002T1915Z/
Ashtabula OH-
247 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY...
At 246 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south of North Kingsville, or 11 miles south of
Ashtabula, moving east at 40 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...
Andover around 305 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kelloggsville, Plymouth Center and Pierpont.
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 4155 8052 4171 8081 4176 8083 4183 8080
4188 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 289DEG 33KT 4176 8074
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LaPlante781
WWUS51 KCLE 021856
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
256 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
OHC007-021915-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-181002T1915Z/
Ashtabula OH-
256 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY...
At 256 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northwest of Pymatuning North, or 14 miles
southeast of Ashtabula, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Ashtabula County, including the following locations...
Pierpont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 8052 4170 8069 4173 8071 4178 8070
4184 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 283DEG 30KT 4175 8063
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LaPlanteThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 11 hr | |
| Oct 2, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 111 min |
| Oct 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 12 min |
| Oct 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 46 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.