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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 11, 2024Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2024, 3:25 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2024, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

219 
WFUS51 KCLE 111925
TORCLE
OHC099-133-112000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0014.240511T1925Z-240511T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
325 PM EDT Sat May 11 2024

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Mahoning County in northeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Portage County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 325 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles southeast of Ravenna, moving east at 15 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
  northwestern Mahoning and southeastern Portage Counties, including
  the following locations... Edinburg and Craig Beach.

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 4106 8114 4112 8116 4115 8100 4113 8100
      4113 8087 4105 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 271DEG 15KT 4109 8111 

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

$$

Maines
1 follow-up statement
600 
WWUS51 KCLE 111943
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
343 PM EDT Sat May 11 2024

OHC133-111952-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-240511T2000Z/
Portage OH-
343 PM EDT Sat May 11 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTAGE 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 4113 8100 4113 8087 4105 8087 4105 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 273DEG 19KT 4108 8096 

$$

OHC099-112000-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-240511T2000Z/
Mahoning OH-
343 PM EDT Sat May 11 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MAHONING COUNTY...

At 342 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Newton Falls, or 13 miles northwest of
Salem, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud. At 339 PM, 
         emergency management reported a funnel cloud south of Craig 
         Beach.

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...
Craig Beach.

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 4113 8100 4113 8087 4105 8087 4105 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 273DEG 19KT 4108 8096 

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

$$

Maines

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:49 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE36 hr
May 11, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESummit44 min
May 11, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage47 min
May 11, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula46 min
May 11, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning46 min
May 11, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage39 min
May 11, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning31 min
May 11, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEStark40 min
May 11, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage45 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.