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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 1993Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1993, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 082133
TORTOL
OHC063-082215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
532 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB BY THE MCCOMB
FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
VAN BUREN BY 540 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 COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
ELH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne65 min
Jun 7, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson65 min
Jun 7, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe67 min
Jun 8, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
Jun 8, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga65 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Tuscarawas57 min
Jun 8, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHarrison, Jefferson59 min
Jun 8, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam56 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock47 min
Jun 8, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPutnam63 min
Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry53 min
Jun 8, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood65 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Jun 8, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit57 min
Jun 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot39 min
Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron68 min
Jun 8, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina66 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull63 min
Jun 8, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Jun 8, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning63 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.