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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 20, 1994Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1994, 5:31 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1994, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 202133
TORCLE
OHC093-202200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
531 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 530 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
IN CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
TOWN IN ITS PATH INCLUDE GRAFTON AND ELYRIA. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Putnam39 min
Jun 20, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca37 min
Jun 20, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot25 min
Jun 20, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron65 min
Jun 20, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain63 min
Jun 20, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga46 min
Jun 20, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina52 min
Jun 20, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit58 min
Jun 20, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga41 min
Jun 20, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage68 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne48 min
Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes48 min
Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEJefferson48 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.