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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 1995Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 12:36 AM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 12:40 AM EDTTornado 0Medina, OHSharon Township,28,2342 EST A tornado touched down just north of the intersection of State Road and Copley Road and moved east parallel to Copley Road. Six homes suffered minor to moderate damage near the location of the touchdown. Numerous trees were downed.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 290436
TORCLE
OHC103-290530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1236 AM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 1235 AM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF MEDINA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE CITIES OF MEDINA AND GRANGER WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE.z..GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
GERARD

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, 11:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain58 min
May 28, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
May 29, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.