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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 3, 2022Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2022, 7:10 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 19 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: May 3, 2022, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2022, 7:29 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

279 
WFUS51 KCLE 032310
TORCLE
OHC093-032345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.220503T2310Z-220503T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
710 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 745 PM EDT.
    
* At 710 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Wellington, or 12 miles southwest of Elyria,
  moving northeast at 45 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...
  Elyria, North Ridgeville, Grafton, Wellington, Avon, Eaton,
  Oberlin, Lagrange, Penfield, South Amherst, Pittsfield, Kipton,
  Rochester and Eaton Estates.

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 4145 8198 4120 8198 4119 8200 4120 8207
      4117 8208 4110 8228 4121 8235 4130 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 246DEG 39KT 4122 8223 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Campbell

2 follow-up statements

116 
WWUS51 KCLE 032321
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
721 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

OHC093-032345-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220503T2345Z/
Lorain OH-
721 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LORAIN COUNTY...
    
At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Grafton, or 8 miles south of Elyria, moving east at
45 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...
Elyria, North Ridgeville, Grafton, Avon, Eaton, Oberlin, Lagrange,
South Amherst and Eaton Estates.

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 4145 8198 4120 8198 4119 8200 4120 8207
      4117 8216 4134 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 270DEG 39KT 4126 8207 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Campbell

893 
WWUS51 KCLE 032329
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
729 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

OHC093-032339-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220503T2345Z/
Lorain OH-
729 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for north central
and northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4145 8198 4120 8198 4119 8200 4120 8207
      4117 8216 4134 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 246DEG 39KT 4130 8195 

$$

Campbell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	36 min
May 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Richland	30 min
May 3, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Hancock	63 min
May 3, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock	38 min
May 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland	50 min
May 3, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	57 min
May 3, 5:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca	38 min
May 3, 6:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	25 min
May 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca	38 min
May 3, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	45 min
May 3, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	37 min
May 3, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	41 min
May 3, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		73 min
May 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
May 3, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.