Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 8:46 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 140054 RRA SVRCLE OHC069-140145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 846 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HENRY COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AS THEY MOVED ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY. 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. 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, Jul 13, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PAZ001>003-OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IN OHIO ARE: AKRON...ASHTABULA ...CANTON...CLEVELAND...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LORAIN...MANSFIELD ...SANDUSKY...TOLEDO AND YOUNGSTOWN. CITIES INCLUDED IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ARE: ERIE AND MEADVILLE. A BAND OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIDE OF LAKE ERIE AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO STATE LINE. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE IN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY 8 PM AND REACH LAND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS WILL REACH THE TOLEDO AREA AROUND 745 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED TO THE SOUTH. ALSO...LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR WARNINGS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS STORMS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PAZ001>003-OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IN OHIO ARE: AKRON...ASHTABULA ...CANTON...CLEVELAND...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LORAIN...MANSFIELD ...SANDUSKY...TOLEDO AND YOUNGSTOWN. CITIES INCLUDED IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ARE: ERIE AND MEADVILLE. A BAND OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIDE OF LAKE ERIE AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO STATE LINE. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE IN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY 8 PM AND REACH LAND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS WILL REACH THE TOLEDO AREA AROUND 745 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED TO THE SOUTH. ALSO...LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR WARNINGS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE DANGEROUS STORMS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Portage, Summit | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Wyandot | 69 min |
| Jul 13, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 62 min |
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.