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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 2004Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 7:46 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2004, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

388 
WFUS51 KCLE 302346
TORCLE
OHC101-310015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
746 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 746 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MORRAL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MARION
  MORRAL

LAT...LON 4070 8287 4065 8287 4065 8296 4058 8296
          4057 8333 4069 8333

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas66 min
May 30, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
May 30, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock50 min
May 30, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot41 min
May 30, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca61 min
May 30, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford37 min
May 30, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford28 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.