Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2000, 6:39 PM EDT for Crawford County, Marion County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2000, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737 WFUS51 KCLE 232240 COR TORCLE OHC101-117-033-232315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 639 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN OHIO MORROW COUNTY IN OHIO CRAWFORD COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT GILEAD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OVER MOUNT GILEAD...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARDINGTON AT 715 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR OHIO. CORRECTED TO ADD CRAWFORD CO
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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.