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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 11, 2023Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2023, 6:22 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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: Aug 11, 2023, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2023, 6:40 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

840 
WFUS51 KCLE 112222
TORCLE
OHC093-112300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0016.230811T2222Z-230811T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
622 PM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM EDT.
    
* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lorain, 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...
  Elyria around 630 PM EDT.
  North Ridgeville around 645 PM EDT.
  Avon Lake around 650 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Sheffield and Avon.

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 4151 8197 4136 8197 4137 8216 4143 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 264DEG 19KT 4141 8215 

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

$$

 Maines

1 follow-up statement

306 
WWUS51 KCLE 112240
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
640 PM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023

OHC093-112250-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-230811T2300Z/
Lorain OH-
640 PM EDT Fri Aug 11 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LORAIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Cleveland.

LAT...LON 4151 8197 4136 8197 4137 8216 4143 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 264DEG 19KT 4142 8201 

$$

Maines

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		49 min
Aug 11, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		57 min
Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Aug 11, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		51 min
Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	41 min
Aug 11, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	61 min
Aug 11, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		28 min
Aug 11, 6:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Lorain	6 hr
Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	43 min
Aug 11, 7:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	5 hr

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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.