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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 30, 1987Carroll County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1987, 6:16 PM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1987, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1987, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1987-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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 1987-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 302217
TORCAK
OHC019-302320-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
616 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTHEAST OHIO... CARROLL
 
AT 606 PM THE CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 11/2
MILES NORTH OF CARROLLTON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
BROOKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
Jun 29, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEBelmont23 min
Jun 29, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot48 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain46 min
Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca38 min
Jun 29, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga50 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake67 min
Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga60 min
Jun 29, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula53 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne45 min
Jun 29, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina65 min
Jun 30, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas33 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa61 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.