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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 1995Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3253 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 KCLE 212232
TORCLE
OHC151-212315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
631 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR
CANTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
 
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 WIND.OWS.
 
 
GABRIC
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit59 min
Jun 21, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina55 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion65 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow69 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes69 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox67 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland60 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jun 21, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion2 hr
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne58 min
Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland65 min
Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 min
Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage61 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion3 hr
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot64 min
Jun 21, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit68 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox65 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne68 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina63 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland55 min
Jun 21, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes59 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland63 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.