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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 16, 1993Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1993, 12:36 AM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1993, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1993, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 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 KCAK 160437
TORCAK
OHC151-160545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1236 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
AT 1215 AM EDT THE PUBLIC SIGHTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE
LOUISVILLE AREA OF STARK COUNTY. MOVEMEN OF THIS FUNNEL WAS TOWARD THE
EAST
AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
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 FLOrOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
DEGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana48 min
Apr 16, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning30 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull47 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.