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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 1994Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wood County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 KTOL 252008
TORTOL
OHC173-252100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
407 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 407 PM EDT HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE
GROUND IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WOOD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT HOYTVILLE AND NORTH BALTIMORE BY 430 PM
EDT.
 
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 CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
ELH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock44 min
May 25, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain36 min
May 25, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina54 min
May 25, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit56 min
May 25, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron48 min
May 25, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain52 min
May 25, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie45 min
May 25, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie46 min
May 25, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa38 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWashington56 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana57 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.