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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 15 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 26, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
864
WFUS51 KCLE 262300
TORCLE
OHC043-093-262315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0018.240526T2300Z-240526T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
700 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Erie County in north central Ohio...
Northwestern Lorain County in north central Ohio...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 659 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from Lorain to near Milan,
moving northwest 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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Lorain, Vermilion, Western Vermilion, and Amherst around 705 PM
EDT.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Berlin
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 4138 8220 4130 8251 4140 8256 4138 8248
4143 8236 4143 8227 4146 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 151DEG 23KT 4143 8215 4132 8252
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Saunders1 follow-up statement
808
WWUS51 KCLE 262312
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
712 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
OHC043-093-262321-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-240526T2315Z/
Erie OH-Lorain OH-
712 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
north central Ohio. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 1100 PM EDT for north central Ohio.
LAT...LON 4138 8220 4130 8251 4140 8256 4138 8248
4143 8236 4143 8227 4146 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 151DEG 23KT 4150 8220 4139 8257
$$
SaundersThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Summit and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:26 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:26 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 7 hr | |
| May 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Richland, Wyandot | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| May 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Summit | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 26, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 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.