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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 6, 2024Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT for Mahoning 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: Aug 6, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2024, 5:47 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mahoning County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 6, 11:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

490 
WFUS51 KCLE 062132
TORCLE
OHC099-062200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0033.240806T2132Z-240806T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
532 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 531 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Youngstown, moving east at 45 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...
  Youngstown, Campbell, and Maplewood Park around 535 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Struthers.

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 4105 8053 4110 8070 4113 8069 4114 8064
      4114 8052 4106 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 283DEG 39KT 4110 8063 

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

$$

Sullivan

1 follow-up statement

770 
WWUS51 KCLE 062147
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
547 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024

OHC099-062157-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-240806T2200Z/
Mahoning OH-
547 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MAHONING 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 4105 8053 4110 8070 4113 8069 4114 8064
      4114 8052 4106 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 283DEG 39KT 4106 8040 

$$

Kahn

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 3:47 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more	48 hr
Aug 6, 3:48 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		48 hr
Aug 6, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Seneca	44 min
Aug 6, 10:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	29 min
Aug 6, 10:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	20 min
Aug 6, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	14 min
Aug 6, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	51 min
Aug 6, 11:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Trumbull	3 hr
Aug 6, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	31 min
Aug 6, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	49 min
Aug 6, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	66 min
Aug 6, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	50 min
Aug 6, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	62 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		115 min
Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	41 min
Aug 6, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	3 hr
Aug 6, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	54 min
Aug 6, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	65 min
Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	62 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	47 min
Aug 6, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina	54 min
Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	80 min
Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot	61 min
Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	54 min
Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Richland, Wayne, Wyandot	81 min
Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	36 min
Aug 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	88 min
Aug 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	42 min
Aug 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CLE	Geauga, Lake	52 min
Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina	47 min
Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage	43 min
Aug 6, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	40 min
Aug 6, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		63 min
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark	42 min
Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	16 min
Aug 6, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Mahoning	54 min
Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula	77 min
Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	16 min
Aug 6, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning	36 min
Aug 6, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	30 min
Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	2 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.