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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 1, 1987Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1987, 9:31 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1987, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1987, 10:20 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 020132
TORTOL
OHC147-020220-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
931 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1020 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... SENECA
 
AT 925 PM THE REPUBLIC FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A WALL CLOUD JUST
NORTH OF THE TOWN OF REPUBLIC MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS...ABANDON YOUR CAR AND GO TO A LOW LYING AREA
LIKE A DITCH OR RAVINE.  GET AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD
AND CHEST.  IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME ABANDON IT...MOBILE HOME OFFER
NO PROTECTION IN TORNADO-STRENGTH WINDS.
 
KSL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron43 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes in 1987

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.