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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 2019Hancock County, Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2019, 6:58 PM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 21, 2019, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2019, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WFUS51 KCLE 212258
TORCLE
OHC063-147-173-212345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0017.190721T2258Z-190721T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
658 PM EDT Sun Jul 21 2019

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Seneca County in northwestern Ohio...
  Southeastern Wood County in northwestern Ohio...
  Northeastern Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 745 PM EDT.
    
* At 657 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Arcadia, or 7 miles west of Fostoria, moving east
  at 25 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fostoria, Arcadia, Van Buren, Bloomdale and Bairdstown. 

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 4111 8366 4124 8360 4120 8328 4107 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 291DEG 24KT 4117 8356 

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

$$

LaPlante

2 follow-up statements

001 
WWUS51 KCLE 212319
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
719 PM EDT Sun Jul 21 2019

OHC063-147-173-212345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-190721T2345Z/
Seneca OH-Wood OH-Hancock OH-
719 PM EDT Sun Jul 21 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SENECA...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES...
    
At 719 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fostoria, moving southeast at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Fostoria, Arcadia and Bloomdale. 

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 4113 8357 4122 8355 4122 8349 4120 8328
      4107 8329 4110 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 295DEG 21KT 4113 8345 

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

$$

LaPlante

235 
WWUS51 KCLE 212336
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
736 PM EDT Sun Jul 21 2019

OHC063-147-173-212345-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-190721T2345Z/
Seneca OH-Wood OH-Hancock OH-
736 PM EDT Sun Jul 21 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SENECA...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD
AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4113 8357 4122 8355 4122 8349 4120 8328
      4107 8329 4110 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 291DEG 24KT 4109 8332 

$$

LaPlante

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	52 min
Jul 20, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	60 min
Jul 20, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		58 min
Jul 20, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		79 min
Jul 20, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	47 min
Jul 20, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	59 min
Jul 21, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	61 min
Jul 21, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wayne	4 hr
Jul 21, 4:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wayne	4 hr
Jul 21, 4:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wayne	5 hr
Jul 21, 5:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	63 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	45 min
Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	4 hr
Jul 21, 6:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	3 hr
Jul 21, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	62 min
Jul 21, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	4 hr
Jul 21, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	55 min
Jul 21, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Richland	50 min
Jul 21, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Richland	56 min
Jul 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	6 hr
Jul 21, 7:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wyandot	6 hr
Jul 21, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	6 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.