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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 4, 2006Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2006, 8:40 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 531 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2006-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 050040
TORCLE
OHC155-050145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0016.060705T0040Z-060705T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR   
  WINDHAM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL 
  REPORTS OF BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LORDSTOWN
  NEWTON FALLS
  NILES
  WARREN

LAT...LON 4129 8098 4114 8099 4115 8068 4120 8064

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 050112
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
911 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

OHC155-050145-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060705T0145Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
911 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR TRUMBULL
COUNTY...


AT 908 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD JUST 
SOUTH OF NEWTON FALLS NEAR HIGHWAY 534.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LORDSTOWN
  MINERAL RIDGE...

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 4129 8098 4114 8099 4115 8068 4120 8064

$$
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 050143
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
942 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

OHC155-050152-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060705T0145Z/
TRUMBULL OH-
942 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM
EDT...

THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THERE 
HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF ANY TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE STORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN TRUNBULL COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4129 8098 4114 8099 4115 8068 4120 8064

$$

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.