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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 1995Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:21 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 1995, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -10.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 152121 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC095-152215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
521 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 520 PM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
EXTREME NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND
WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TOLEDO AND OUT INTO LAKE ERIE BY 6
PM.
 
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.

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 15, 1:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 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, 4 hours 15 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, 4 hours 8 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 RADIO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Henry	67 min
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, 5:59 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

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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.