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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 1994Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1994, 4:58 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1994, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1994-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 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 1994-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 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 KCAK 072058
TORCAK
OHC133-072200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
458 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH
OF RAVENNA MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL LIKELY
AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF GARRETTSVILLE.
 
 
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 C(LOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
RLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage47 min
Jul 6, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit29 min
Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning58 min
Jul 6, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga29 min
Jul 6, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull42 min
Jul 6, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga42 min
Jul 6, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Jul 7, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit66 min
Jul 7, 4:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont, Monroe61 min
Jul 7, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock51 min
Jul 7, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca54 min
Jul 7, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit58 min
Jul 7, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit58 min
Jul 7, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit51 min
Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark58 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.