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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 26, 1995Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 262351 RRA
SVRCLE
PAC049-270045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
750 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 750 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS
INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE ERIE/CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER
NEAR EDINBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH
ARE FRANKLIN CENTER AND GIRARD.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF ~55
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.
 
 
PASSETTI

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 26, 2:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ001>050-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
218 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES ARE
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER WESTERN  OHIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THESE
COUNTIES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHERN OHIO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT 215 PM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM TOLEDO EAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO NEAR CLEVELAND AND
SOUTHEAST TO CANTON. ANOTHER WEAKER BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM  SENECA
COUNTY EAST TO MANSFIELD AND WAYNE COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH.

THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-
LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS OF TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ001>050-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
218 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES ARE
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER WESTERN  OHIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THESE
COUNTIES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHERN OHIO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT 215 PM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM TOLEDO EAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO NEAR CLEVELAND AND
SOUTHEAST TO CANTON. ANOTHER WEAKER BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM  SENECA
COUNTY EAST TO MANSFIELD AND WAYNE COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH.

THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-
LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS OF TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-262330-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SENECA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES
   UNTIL 600 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF OHIO...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
   COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED WIDESPREAD ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO AT 545
PM. 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT AND
HOWLAND IN TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. HIGH WINDS DOWNED
LARGE TREE BRANCHES IN SENECA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-262330-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SENECA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES
   UNTIL 600 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF OHIO...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
   COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED WIDESPREAD ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO AT 545
PM. 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT AND
HOWLAND IN TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. HIGH WINDS DOWNED
LARGE TREE BRANCHES IN SENECA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-262330-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SENECA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES
   UNTIL 600 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF OHIO...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
   COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED WIDESPREAD ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO AT 545
PM. 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT AND
HOWLAND IN TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. HIGH WINDS DOWNED
LARGE TREE BRANCHES IN SENECA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-262330-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SENECA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LUCAS...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES
   UNTIL 600 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF OHIO...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW
   COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM..

THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED WIDESPREAD ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO AT 545
PM. 1/2-3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT AND
HOWLAND IN TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM. HIGH WINDS DOWNED
LARGE TREE BRANCHES IN SENECA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

GABRIC

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.