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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2006Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 10:04 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2006, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mahoning County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 10:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Boardman, OH	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE AND A LARGE BRANCH DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 260203
TORCLE
OHC099-260245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0005.060526T0204Z-060526T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1004 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  SEBRING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BOARDMAN
  CAMPBELL
  CANFIELD
  SEBRING
  YOUNGSTOWN

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 4102 8054 4093 8080 4093 8089 4090 8090
      4091 8108 4098 8108 4099 8099 4108 8099
      4112 8092 4113 8087 4113 8052

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260227
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1026 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC099-260245-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060526T0245Z/
MAHONING OH-
1026 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR MAHONING
COUNTY...


AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUSTINTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOARDMAN...
  YOUNGSTOWN...
  POLAND...
  STRUTHERS...
  CAMPBELL...
  LOWELLVILLE...

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 4102 8054 4093 8080 4093 8089 4090 8090
      4091 8108 4098 8108 4099 8099 4108 8099
      4112 8092 4113 8087 4113 8052

$$

BM

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 260246
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1046 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC099-260256-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060526T0245Z/
MAHONING OH-
1046 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MAHONING COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1045 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4102 8054 4093 8080 4093 8089 4090 8090
      4091 8108 4098 8108 4099 8099 4108 8099
      4112 8092 4113 8087 4113 8052

$$

BM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	68 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	61 min
May 25, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	58 min
May 25, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Richland	56 min
May 25, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	63 min
May 25, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	46 min
May 25, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	67 min
May 25, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	72 min
May 25, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	53 min
May 25, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit	39 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	42 min
May 25, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	31 min
May 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	14 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.