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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 1995Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 12:46 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 101647
TORCLE
OHC147-101730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1246 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SENECA COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO OR
NEAR ALVADA ON THE SENECA-HANCOCK COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER BASCOM...TIFFIN AND LOWELL.
 
 
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.
 
 
LAPLANTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
May 10, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESandusky64 min
May 10, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood53 min
May 10, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit64 min
May 10, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
May 10, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga27 min
May 10, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.