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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 1, 1987Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1987, 10:17 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1987, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1987, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
43 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 00:00Z, 2.3 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 020217
TORCLE
OHC077-020300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1017 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... HURON
 
AT 1010 THIS EVENING A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL
NEAR ATTICA.. MOVING SOUTHEAST.  THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THIS
TORNADO WAS HEADING FOR HURON COUNTY.  AT 1015... CLEVELAND WEATHER
RADAR SHOWED THAT THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF
WILLARD IN HURON COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE INDOORS GET TO THE BASEMENT OR LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM LIKE A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.  IF NO SUCH ROOM IS AVAILABLE
GET UNDER A STURDY STRUCTURE LIKE A STAIRCASE OR WORKBENCH.  AVOID AREAS
WITH WINDOWS.
 
PEROUTKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca49 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron57 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.