Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:38 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 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 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 3335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 151939 RRA SVRCLE OHC069-152045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 338 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HENRY COUNTY AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF NAPOLEAN...OR NEAR THE TOWN OF GERALD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE LIBERTY CENTER...COLTON...AND TEXAS. 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
Local storm report, Jul 15, 9:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
REPORTS FROM THE MORNING OF JUL 15
TIME (LOCAL) LOCATION STATE EVENT/DAMAGE
COUNTY
0530 ELGIN PA CEMENT SILO BLOWN INTO BARN
ERIE NUMEROUS TREES/LINES DOWNED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
GERARDLocal storm report, Jul 15, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
REPORTS FROM THE MORNING OF JUL 15
TIME (LOCAL) LOCATION STATE EVENT/DAMAGE
COUNTY
0d530 ELGIN PA CEMENT SILO BLOWN INTO BARN
ERIE NUMEROUS TREES/LINES DOWNED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
GERARDSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 1:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>009-017>019-027>029-036-037-047-OHZ501-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 103 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OHIO AND LAKE ERIE WEST OF LORAIN UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A HOT...VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. CONDITIONS ARE PRIMED FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GERARD
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>009-017>019-027>029-036-037-047-OHZ501-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 105 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OHIO AND LAKE ERIE WEST OF LORAIN UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A HOT...VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. CONDITIONS ARE PRIMED FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GERARD CORRECTED TO SHOW WEST CENTRAL OHIO INSTEAD OF INDIANA IN SECOND PARAGRAPH
Local storm report, Jul 15, 1:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
113 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
REPORTS FROM THE MORNING OF JUL 15
TIME (LOCAL) LOCATION STATE EVENT/DAMAGE
COUNTY
0515 ELGIN PA 1 MILE WIDE STRAIGHT LINE
ERIE WIND DAMAGE PATH
CEMENT SILO BLOWN INTO A BARN
2 BARNS DAMAGED...COW KILLED
SOME DAMAGE TO A FEW HOUSES
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED/
UPROOTED
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
GERARD
UPDATED TIME AND DAMAGE BASED ON REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 58 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.