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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2019Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2019, 3:01 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 11 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: Jun 5, 2019, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2019, 3:12 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WFUS51 KCLE 051901
TORCLE
OHC123-143-051930-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0011.190605T1901Z-190605T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
301 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Ottawa County in northwestern Ohio...
  Central Sandusky County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 330 PM EDT.
    
* At 300 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Genoa, or 17 miles northwest of Fremont, moving
  southeast at 30 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fremont, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Elmore, Ballville, Lindsey, Rocky Ridge
  and Stony Prairie.

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 4154 8339 4160 8330 4145 8290 4131 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 300DEG 26KT 4155 8331 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Greenawalt

1 follow-up statement

715 
WWUS51 KCLE 051912
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
312 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

OHC123-143-051922-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-190605T1930Z/
Ottawa OH-Sandusky OH-
312 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OTTAWA AND CENTRAL SANDUSKY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northwestern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4154 8339 4160 8330 4145 8290 4131 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 300DEG 26KT 4151 8321 

$$

Greenawalt

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	47 min
Jun 5, 7:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa	43 min
Jun 5, 2:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CLE	Wood	36 min
Jun 5, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	47 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	34 min
Jun 5, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	50 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	45 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wood	38 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	41 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	37 min
Jun 5, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	27 min
Jun 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa	2 hr
Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wood	2 hr
Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox, Marion, Morrow	64 min
Jun 5, 4:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Medina	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	40 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	33 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford	30 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	5 hr
Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Seneca	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Morrow, Richland	47 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Wayne	38 min
Jun 5, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes	26 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	48 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	36 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	46 min
Jun 5, 6:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Holmes	4 hr
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark	4 hr
Jun 5, 7:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	3 hr

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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.