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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 2006Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2006, 7:19 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 21, 2006, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2006-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2006-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 212318
TORCLE
OHC095-220015-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0006.060621T2319Z-060622T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
719 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  HOLLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLLAND
  OREGON
  SYLVANIA
  TOLEDO

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

LAT...LON 4170 8387 4171 8378 4173 8346 4170 8344
      4169 8336 4172 8334 4168 8330 4163 8316
      4162 8357 4153 8370 4151 8388

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KCLE 212353
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
753 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006

OHC095-220015-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060622T0015Z/
LUCAS OH-
753 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR LUCAS COUNTY...


AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OREGON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARBOR VIEW...

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.

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

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 4170 8387 4171 8378 4173 8346 4170 8344
      4169 8336 4172 8334 4168 8330 4163 8316
      4162 8357 4153 8370 4151 8388

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 9:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford6 hr
Jun 21, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland22 min
Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jun 21, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas48 min
Jun 21, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas3 hr
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa59 min
Jun 21, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood43 min
Jun 21, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.