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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2025, 7:05 PM EDT for Medina County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2025, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Medina County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Nw Smithville, OH | |
| May 5, 7:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Burbank, OH | Wayne County 911 Dispatch received a report of a tree down at Sterling Road and Parmenter Road. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS51 KCLE 052305
TORCLE
OHC103-169-052330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.250505T2305Z-250505T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
705 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
Northwestern Wayne County in northeastern Ohio...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 704 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wooster, moving north at 40 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...
Creston around 710 PM EDT.
Lodi around 715 PM EDT.
Chippewa Lake around 720 PM EDT.
Medina around 725 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Congress, Chippewa-On-The-Lake, Westfield Center, Briarwood Beach,
Gloria Glens Park, Burbank, Seville, and Smithville.
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 4082 8189 4083 8207 4115 8207 4114 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 190DEG 34KT 4088 8197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Sefcovic1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KCLE 052314
SVSCLE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
714 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
OHC103-169-052330-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250505T2330Z/
Medina OH-Wayne OH-
714 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA AND NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 714 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Creston, or 9 miles north of Wooster, moving north
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Lodi around 720 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Congress, Chippewa-On-The-Lake, Westfield Center, Briarwood Beach,
Gloria Glens Park, Burbank, and Seville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4088 8188 4089 8207 4115 8207 4114 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 171DEG 20KT 4094 8199
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 109 min |
| May 5, 12:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes and 15 more | 10 hr |
| May 5, 9:33 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 25 min |
| May 5, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 43 min |
| May 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 46 min |
| May 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 36 min |
| May 5, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 58 min | |
| May 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Morrow | 34 min |
| May 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 44 min |
| May 5, 4:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Richland | 41 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 35 min |
| May 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 42 min |
| May 5, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 51 min |
| May 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 3 hr |
| May 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland and 1 more | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 5, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Medina | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 9 min |
| May 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 21 min |
| May 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.