Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2006, 7:58 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 4, 2006, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Portage County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCLE 042357
TORCLE
OHC133-050100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0015.060704T2358Z-060705T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
758 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 755 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
GARRETTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
GARRETTSVILLE
KENT
MANTUA
RAVENNA
STREETSBORO
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4099 8137 4134 8137 4133 8102 4127 8102
4125 8100 4099 8101
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCLE 050008
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
807 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
OHC133-050100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060705T0100Z/
PORTAGE OH-
807 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY...
AT 806 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NEAR THE TOWN OF HIRAM AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARRETTSVILLE...
WINDHAM...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4128 8127 4134 8137 4133 8102 4127 8102
4125 8100 4120 8102
$$000
WWUS51 KCLE 050026
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
824 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
OHC133-050100-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060705T0100Z/
PORTAGE OH-
824 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PORTAGE COUNTY...
AT 821 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A
TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME SOUTH OF HIRAM AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST. THIS TORNADO SHOUD BE NEAR GARRETTSVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARRETTSVILLE
WINDHAM...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4128 8127 4134 8137 4133 8102 4127 8102
4125 8100 4120 8102
$$000
WWUS51 KCLE 050103
SVSCLE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
OHC133-050112-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060705T0100Z/
PORTAGE OH-
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 900 PM
EDT...
THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TOUCHDOWNS BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN
NO DAMAGE REPORTED IN PORTAGE COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE STORM WHICH WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
WINDHAM.
LAT...LON 4128 8127 4134 8137 4133 8102 4127 8102
4125 8100 4120 8102
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 118 min | |
| Jul 4, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 2:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Jul 4, 3:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 90 min | |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 16 min |
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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.