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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 21, 2021Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 21, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 21, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 21, 5:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Nw Hills And Dales, OH	NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP IN STARK COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR NORTH PARK AND CONTINUED EAST TO LAKE CABLE BEFORE ENDING WEST OF I-77 NEAR STARK STATE COLLEGE.
Oct 21, 5:12 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 W North Canton, OH	PICTURE OF A TORNADO CROSSING LAKE O SPRINGS. TDS VISIBLE ON RADAR NEAR THE NORTH CANTON AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

890 
WFUS51 KCLE 212110
TORCLE
OHC151-153-212145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0013.211021T2110Z-211021T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
510 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Stark County in northeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Summit County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 545 PM EDT.
    
* At 510 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near North Canton, or near Canton, moving east at 40
  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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Canton and North Canton around 520 PM EDT.
  Louisville and Hartville around 525 PM EDT.
  Alliance around 540 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Greentown, East Canton, Maximo, Perry Heights, Canal Fulton, Meyers
Lake, Limaville, Hills And Dales, New Franklin and Uniontown.

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 4075 8155 4093 8160 4099 8130 4099 8109
      4079 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 264DEG 34KT 4086 8148 

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

$$

LaPlante

1 follow-up statement

965 
WWUS51 KCLE 212119 RRA
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
519 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021

OHC153-212128-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-211021T2145Z/
Summit OH-
519 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4076 8146 4095 8141 4099 8130 4099 8109
      4079 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 264DEG 34KT 4087 8137 

$$

OHC151-212145-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-211021T2145Z/
Stark OH-
519 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY...
    
At 518 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over North Canton, or near Canton, moving east at 40 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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Louisville around 525 PM EDT.
  Alliance around 540 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Greentown, East Canton, Maximo, Meyers Lake, Limaville, Hills And
Dales and Perry Heights.

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 4076 8146 4095 8141 4099 8130 4099 8109
      4079 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 264DEG 34KT 4087 8137 

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

$$

LaPlante

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 21, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		28 hr
Oct 21, 6:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	26 min
Oct 21, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	25 min
Oct 21, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	23 min
Oct 21, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	64 min
Oct 21, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	46 min
Oct 21, 4:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Wayne	52 min
Oct 21, 4:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina	24 min
Oct 21, 4:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit, Wayne	44 min
Oct 21, 4:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	35 min
Oct 21, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	41 min
Oct 21, 5:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	38 min
Oct 21, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	45 min
Oct 21, 5:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	39 min
Oct 21, 6:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	20 min
Oct 21, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.