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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 25, 1995Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 2:05 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 527 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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 
TTAA00 KCLE 251807 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC143-251900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
205 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SANDUSKY COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER SANDUSKY COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF FREMONT. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED 1/2 INCH TO
3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR THE CITY OF FREMONT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LAVRGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
END/COMEAUX
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
OHZALL-DDHHMM-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER ALL OF OHIO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME
STORMS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY WILL BE SLOW
MOVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

TK
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZALL-DDHHMM-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER ALL OF OHIO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME
STORMS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY WILL BE SLOW
MOVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

TK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit2 hr
Jun 25, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.