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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 1995Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4594 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
4594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 152239 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC099-169-152345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF WOOSTER. ALSO...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ASHLAND COUNTY WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY.
 
ALSO...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THAT THE SEVERE STORM OVER SOUTHWEST
TRUMBULL COUNTY WAS GROWING INTO NORTHERN MAHONING COUNTY.  SOME CITIES
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE AUSTINTOWN AND YOUNGSTOWN.
 
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 15, 1:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 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, 5 hours 33 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, 5 hours 26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry67 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Wyandot59 min
Jul 15, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton58 min
Jul 15, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Richland66 min
Jul 15, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas54 min
Jul 15, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton46 min
Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland54 min
Jul 15, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull55 min
Jul 15, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning66 min
Jul 15, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
Jul 15, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit60 min
Jul 15, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
Jul 15, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky59 min
Jul 15, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage57 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga55 min
Jul 15, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning63 min
Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit63 min
Jul 15, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.