Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Watches in 2019
Tornado Watch 65
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 14, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT for 35 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2019, 8:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 35 counties
Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron, Richland | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit, Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 18 min |
| Apr 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 10 min |
| Apr 14, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 78 min |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 34 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 740 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
394 WWUS20 KWNS 142007 SEL5 SPC WW 142007 OHZ000-LEZ000-150100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 65 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 410 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Northern and eastern Ohio Lake Erie * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 410 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Strong to severe storms will develop northeast from central Ohio with all hazards possible. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south of Mansfield OH to 25 miles east northeast of Cleveland OH. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 61...WW 62...WW 63...WW 64... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 22040. ...Grams
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 20 more | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Fairfield and 20 more | 116 min |
| Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Harrison and 5 more | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 7:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | York | 63 min |
Nearby
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.