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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2006Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2006, 8:50 PM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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 14, 2006, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2006, 9:27 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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
Jul 14, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2006-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 495 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2006-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 150050
TORCLE
OHC083-150145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0019.060715T0050Z-060715T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
850 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE
  GAMBIER
  MOUNT VERNON

LAT...LON 4027 8256 4039 8264 4043 8264 4055 8236
      4056 8219 4036 8219 4035 8220 4027 8251

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 150127
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

OHC083-150136-
/O.CAN.KCLE.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060715T0145Z/
KNOX OH-
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4027 8256 4039 8264 4043 8264 4055 8236
      4056 8219 4036 8219 4035 8220 4027 8251

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow3 hr
Jul 14, 8:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland4 hr
Jul 14, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 hr

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.