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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 1994Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 11:27 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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 KCLE 290327
TORCLE
OHC103-290400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1127 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 1125 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MEDINA...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE MEDINA
COUNTY SHERIFF WITH THIS STORM.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRANGER.
 
 
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, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain44 min
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, 11:42 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

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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.