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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 24, 2024Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2024, 9:15 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 24, 2024, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2024, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

670 
WFUS51 KCLE 250115
TORCLE
OHC035-093-250145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0037.240925T0115Z-240925T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
915 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

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

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 915 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Avon Lake, or 8 miles northeast of Elyria, moving
  northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lakewood, Westlake, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, North Olmsted,
  Avon, Rocky River, Fairview Park, Bay Village, Sheffield Lake, and
  Sheffield.

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 4149 8195 4148 8189 4148 8186 4150 8180
      4149 8176 4139 8197 4147 8214 4149 8212
      4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 222DEG 16KT 4147 8199 

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

$$

Jaszka

1 follow-up statement

161 
WWUS51 KCLE 250136
SVSCLE

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
936 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

OHC035-093-250145-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-240925T0145Z/
Cuyahoga OH-Lorain OH-
936 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CUYAHOGA AND NORTHEASTERN
LORAIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4149 8195 4148 8189 4148 8186 4150 8180
      4149 8176 4139 8197 4147 8214 4149 8212
      4152 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 222DEG 16KT 4153 8191 

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 8:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	46 min
Sep 24, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		66 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.