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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2006Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 9:07 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 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 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 260106
TORCLE
OHC169-260200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0004.060526T0107Z-060526T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WOOSTER...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DALTON
  DOYLESTOWN
  ORRVILLE
  RITTMAN
  WOOSTER

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4078 8194 4080 8196 4082 8197 4084 8200
      4086 8201 4098 8178 4098 8165 4081 8165
      4071 8189

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260153
SVSCLE

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

OHC169-260203-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060526T0200Z/
WAYNE OH-
953 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
1000 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4078 8194 4080 8196 4082 8197 4084 8200
      4086 8201 4098 8178 4098 8165 4081 8165
      4071 8189

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox68 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning61 min
May 25, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland58 min
May 25, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland56 min
May 25, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne63 min
May 25, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull46 min
May 25, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina67 min
May 25, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes72 min
May 25, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit39 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage42 min
May 25, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark31 min
May 25, 10:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning41 min
May 26, 6:42 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Lake14 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.