Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1988, 7:22 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1988, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1988, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, OH | |
| May 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 152324
TORTOL
OHC051-160015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
722 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...FULTON
AT 715 PM EDT FULTON COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST
OF FAYETETE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. T THIS RATE
THE FUNNEL CLOUD COULD REACH EASTERN FULTON COUNTY BY 8PM EDT.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 58 min |
| May 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 55 min |
| May 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 56 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 61 min |
| May 15, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 59 min |
| May 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 55 min |
| May 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 59 min |
| May 15, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 44 min |
| May 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.