Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 600 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 190126 SVRCLE PAC049-OHZ501-190200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 925 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...ERIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 925 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF ERIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF ERIE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 525 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. GERARD
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, Apr 18, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>013-017>022-027>032-036>038-047-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 633 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEO...LORAIN...MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND...AKRON...AND CANTON. THE ASHTABULA AND YOUNGSTOWN AREAS ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO WEST OF MANSFIELD TO DELAWARE COUNTY NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPDILY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT HESITATE TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS OR IN A BASEMENT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. IN ADDITON... HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO TOINIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-190140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 640 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEDO...LORAIN...MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND...AKRON...AND CANTON. THE ASHTABULA AND YOUNGSTOWN AREAS ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO WEST OF MANSFIELD TO DELAWARE COUNTY NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPDILY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT HESITATE TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS OR IN A BASEMENT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. IN ADDITON... HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO TOINIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE EXPIRATION TIME OF TORNADO WATCH (1 AM)...
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-190320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 916 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM EDT. AT 915 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO EAST OF YOUNGSTOWN...THEN WEST TO NEAR MANSFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...AND COULD STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE STORMS AT ANY TIME. ALSO...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. PEOPLE IN THE AREA S HOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Forest, Venango | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Elk | 61 min |
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.