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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 1986Carroll County, Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1986, 2:40 PM EDT for Carroll County, Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1986, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1986, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, OH, Stark 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 KCAK 171840
TORCAK
OHC019-151-171930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
240 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
OHIO.. CARROLL.. STARK
 
                                                                        
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED IN WEST CANTON AT 233 PM EDT.            
RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.                           
                                                                        
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GO INDOORS TO THE BASEMENT
OR LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.  PROTECT YOUR
HEAD AND CHEST.  TRY TO HAVE AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF
AND THE STORM AS POSSIBLE.
 
RN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry38 min
May 17, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton40 min
May 17, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas55 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.