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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 21, 2021Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 21, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 21, 4:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Brunswick, OH	DAMAGE TO ROOF AND TREES, EVIDENT SWIRLS IN GRASS/CROPS. TDS EVIDENT JUST EAST OF DAMAGE POINT. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Oct 21, 4:36 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Se Brunswick, OH	NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO IN HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP. TORNADO BEGAN NEAR TURNSTONE COURT AND MOVED EAST BEFORE ENDING IN HINCKLEY RESERVATION.

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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

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The text

As transmitted.

769 
WFUS51 KCLE 212021
TORCLE
OHC103-212045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0008.211021T2021Z-211021T2045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 445 PM EDT.
    
* At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Medina, moving east 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Brunswick around 440 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hinckley.

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 4118 8194 4121 8194 4128 8169 4116 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 266DEG 19KT 4120 8191 

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

$$

Maines

1 follow-up statement

852 
WWUS51 KCLE 212033
SVSCLE

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

OHC103-212045-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-211021T2045Z/
Medina OH-
433 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY...
    
At 432 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Brunswick, or near Medina, moving east at 25 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Medina County, including the following locations...
Hinckley.

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 4118 8184 4122 8184 4128 8169 4116 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 264DEG 24KT 4121 8180 

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

$$

Clark

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, 4:31 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, 5:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	35 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.