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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 1989Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1989, 9:27 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1989, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1989, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
33 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 1989-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1989-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 KTOL 150127
TORTOL
OHC147-150200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
927 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
          ...SENECA
 
AROUND 920 PM... STORM CHASERS SPOTTED ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD OVER
SIAM.. JUST NORTH OF ATTICA. THE PARENT STORM OF THE FUNNEL WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS EASTERN SENECA COUNTY SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY }FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca53 min
Jun 15, 2:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Wood46 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.