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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 1994Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:31 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 9:47 PM EDTTornado F1Wellington, OHA tornado touched down just south of Wellington at the intersection of Pitts and Jones Road. One home suffered significant damage and two barns were destroyed as the tornado moved almost due north. Nine other homes suffered minor damage and trees, utility po

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 290132
TORCLE
OHC093-OHZ501-290215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
931 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 930 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE LORAIN...HURON COUNTY LINE ABOUT
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW LONDON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR...AND THE TOWNS OF BRIGHTON AND WELLINGTON ARE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina56 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Jun 28, 11:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina54 min
Jun 28, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Jun 28, 11:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina33 min
Jun 28, 11:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit56 min
Jun 29, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage58 min
Jun 29, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne67 min
Jun 29, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull62 min
Jun 29, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula27 min
Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble, Washington43 min
Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGuernsey43 min
Jun 29, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont, Monroe30 min
Jun 29, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga56 min
Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne64 min
Jun 29, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning61 min
Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit67 min
Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga33 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit65 min
Jun 29, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina42 min
Jun 29, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jun 29, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll, Stark64 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Guernsey67 min
Jun 29, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas55 min
Jun 29, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.