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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 1993Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1993, 7:40 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1993, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashtabula County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 KCLE 282340
TORCLE
OHC007-290030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
740 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
SOUTHWEST ASHTABULA COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLUDS WITH
THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH
ORWELL BY 745 PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST$ AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas45 min
Jul 28, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa48 min
Jul 28, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana54 min
Jul 28, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie49 min
Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain56 min
Jul 28, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot52 min
Jul 28, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake69 min
Jul 28, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina56 min
Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga58 min
Jul 28, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula58 min
Jul 28, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit57 min
Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull53 min

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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.