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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 1995Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 11:32 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1248 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
1248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 290333
TORCLE
OHC093-501-LEZ501-290430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1132 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
WAKEMAN AND NORTHEAST OF OBERLIN. THE LORAIN COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO
REPORTED A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN NEAR WAKEMAN WHICH IS IN NORTHEAST HURON
COUNTY. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED S|KIN.
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
May 28, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood47 min
May 28, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa51 min
May 28, 9:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood30 min
May 28, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESandusky41 min
May 28, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa49 min
May 28, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock61 min
May 28, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron68 min
May 28, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain55 min
May 28, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot37 min
May 28, 11:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron64 min
May 28, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
May 29, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
May 29, 12:36 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina54 min
May 29, 12:47 AM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit58 min
May 29, 12:54 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull66 min
May 29, 12:54 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga58 min
May 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage63 min
May 29, 1:24 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage66 min
May 29, 1:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit, Wayne59 min
May 29, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
May 29, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull69 min
May 29, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning66 min
May 29, 2:13 AM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull47 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.