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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 15, 1986Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1986, 7:48 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1986, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1986, 8:40 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-05-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 152348
TORCLE
OHC077-160040-

BULLETIN
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
748 PM EDT THU MAY 15 1986 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE 
UNTIL 840 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
   
OHIO...HURON


A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT NEW WASHINGTON IN NORTHERN 
CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 745 PM EDT.  THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH
MNNN

IF YOU ARE TRAPPED OUT DOORS AWAY FROM SAFE SHELTE[R GO TO A
DITCH OR LOW AREA. GET AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD,
CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN. BE CAREFUL OF FLOODING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES 
AND STORM CULVERTS.

JRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot63 min
May 15, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron65 min
May 15, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca60 min
May 15, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min

Nearby

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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.