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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 15, 1989Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1989, 2:44 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1989, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1989, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 12:00Z on 1989-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 151845
TORTOL
OHC095-173-151930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
244 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
          ...LUCAS...WOOD
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SIGHTED A FEW MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO EXPRESS
AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE FUNNEL
CLOUD HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO BE A FEW
FEET FROM THE CLOUD. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WILL
BE MOVING THROUGH LUCAS AND INTO WOOD COUNTY BY 300 PM EDT.
 
 
 
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 COVEjR YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
ELH

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 14, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca33 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.