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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1993Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1993, 9:31 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1993, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1993, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 1993-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1993-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 280131
TORCAK
OHC075-280200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
931 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR THE TOWN OF KILLBUCK SOUTHWEST OF
MILLERSBURG AT 915 PM EDT. RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER HOLMES
COUNTY THAT WAS MOVING 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 CJLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
NIBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETuscarawas61 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe, Noble62 min
Jun 28, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWashington64 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.