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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2006Ashland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 6:35 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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 25, 2006, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ashland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 25, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 252235
TORCLE
OHC005-252315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0003.060525T2235Z-060525T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
635 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAVANNAH...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND
  POLK
  SAVANNAH

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4105 8237 4105 8218 4100 8218 4098 8213
      4088 8213 4085 8238 4089 8239 4092 8241
      4103 8242

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 252320
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
720 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC005-252330-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060525T2315Z/
ASHLAND OH-
720 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ASHLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO  
EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4105 8237 4105 8218 4100 8218 4098 8213
      4088 8213 4085 8238 4089 8239 4092 8241
      4103 8242

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock64 min
May 25, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood55 min
May 25, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 25, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas42 min
May 25, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca70 min
May 25, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot69 min
May 25, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa71 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock45 min
May 25, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford67 min
May 25, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron78 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood54 min
May 25, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland81 min
May 25, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock62 min
May 25, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain73 min
May 25, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
May 25, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford84 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca56 min
May 25, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood70 min
May 25, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland49 min
May 25, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland3 hr
May 25, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland73 min
May 25, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion53 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow63 min
May 25, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland58 min
May 25, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa38 min
May 25, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
May 25, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina91 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
May 25, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne85 min
May 25, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
May 25, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland39 min
May 25, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox67 min
May 25, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit54 min
May 25, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood67 min
May 25, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion55 min
May 25, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes53 min
May 25, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage66 min
May 25, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow79 min
May 25, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 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.