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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 1995Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 8:26 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2889 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
2889 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 160026 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC007-155-OHZ501-160130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
826 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
AT 825 PM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LAKE...GEAUGA...AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN GEAUGA
COUNTY WITH THESE STORMS...AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
 
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER NOW!!!
 
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga2 hr
Jul 15, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Portage60 min
Jul 16, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford62 min
Jul 16, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Richland69 min
Jul 16, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow53 min
Jul 16, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron35 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.