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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 2004Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 8:19 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 13, 2004, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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
Jun 13, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

751 
WFUS51 KCLE 140019
TORCLE
OHC139-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 819 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SHELBY...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MANSFIELD
  ONTARIO
  SHELBY

LAT...LON 4097 8277 4080 8270 4064 8236 4095 8243

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot59 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland55 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron58 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain66 min
Jun 13, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie34 min
Jun 13, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland51 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina57 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland63 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Richland4 hr
Jun 13, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
Jun 13, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow61 min
Jun 13, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne65 min
Jun 13, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox54 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jun 14, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood74 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock66 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky63 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca57 min
Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot60 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Marion67 min
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland54 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain63 min
Jun 14, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland61 min
Jun 14, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow64 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina59 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga55 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne42 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake65 min
Jun 14, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox58 min
Jun 14, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage55 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula61 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes56 min
Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jun 14, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning50 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.