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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 2020Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2020, 1:17 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 22, 2020, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

763 
WFUS51 KCLE 221717
TORCLE
OHC099-155-221745-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.200622T1717Z-200622T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
117 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Trumbull County in northeastern Ohio...
  North central Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 145 PM EDT.
    
* At 116 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lordstown, or 9 miles south of Warren, moving
  northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Warren, Niles, Cortland, Lordstown, Bristolville, Vienna Center,
  Hilltop, Leavittsburg, Austintown, Girard, Vienna, McDonald, North
  Jackson, Howland Center, Bolindale, Mineral Ridge, Champion Heights
  and Churchill.

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 4103 8087 4106 8095 4138 8089 4126 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 206DEG 19KT 4111 8088 

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

$$

Kahn

2 follow-up statements

919 
WWUS51 KCLE 221734
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
134 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

OHC099-155-221745-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200622T1745Z/
Trumbull OH-Mahoning OH-
134 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TRUMBULL AND NORTH CENTRAL MAHONING COUNTIES...
    
At 132 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lordstown, or near Warren, moving northeast 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.

Locations impacted include...
Warren, Niles, Cortland, Lordstown, Vienna Center, Hilltop,
Austintown, Girard, Vienna, McDonald, Howland Center, Bolindale,
Mineral Ridge, Champion Heights and Churchill.

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 4107 8082 4114 8089 4136 8083 4126 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 206DEG 19KT 4119 8083 

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

$$

Kahn

681 
WWUS51 KCLE 221740
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
140 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

OHC099-155-221750-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200622T1745Z/
Trumbull OH-Mahoning OH-
140 PM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TRUMBULL AND NORTH CENTRAL
MAHONING COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 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 and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4107 8082 4114 8089 4136 8083 4126 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 206DEG 19KT 4123 8081 

$$

Kahn

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Jun 21, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	69 min
Jun 21, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne	60 min
Jun 21, 9:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes	5 hr
Jun 21, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne	55 min
Jun 21, 10:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Medina, Wayne	4 hr
Jun 22, 12:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Portage	3 hr
Jun 22, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	40 min
Jun 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	45 min

Nearby

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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.