Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 161958 RRA SVRCLE OHC033-162100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 358 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 355 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUCYRUS. 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 16, 10:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1042 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM THE EVENING OF JUL 15
TIME (LOCAL) LOCATION STATE EVENT/DAMAGE
COUNTY
1845 LOUDONVILLE OH TREES DOWNED
ASHLAND
1931 ELYRIA OH 1 INCH HAIL
LORAIN
2024 WICKLIFFE OH 60 MPH WINDS
LAKE
2039 BROOK PARK OH TREES UPROOTED/
CUYAHOGA SOME ON HOUSES
GERARDLocal storm report, Jul 16, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 145 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 REPORT FROM SATURDAY JULY 15 1995 A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED-DOWN OVER SOUTHEAST MAHONING COUNTY AROUND 830 PM SATURDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WAS VIEWED BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF BEAVER TOWNSHIP AS IT TRAVELED ABOUT 1/8 OF MILE AND CROSSED ROUTE 46 IN MAHHONING COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF: 1. 6 BARN WINDOWS DAMAGED 2. RESIDENCE`S ROOF DAMAGED 3. TREES DOWNED STRENGTH OF TORNADO....F0 TIME OCCURRED.....ABOUT 830 PM INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MAHONING COUNTY EMA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 742 PM TO 845 PM END/COMEAUX
Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 145 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 REPORT FROM SATURDAY JULY 15 1995 A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED-DOWN OVER SOUTHEAST MAHONING COUNTY AROUND 830 PM SATURDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WAS VIEWED BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF BEAVER TOWNSHIP AS IT TRAVELED ABOUT 1/8 OF MILE AND CROSSED ROUTE 46 IN MAHHONING COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF: 1. 6 BARN WINDOWS DAMAGED 2. RESIDENCE`Sf ROOF DAMAGED 3. TREES DOWNED STRENGTH OF TORNADO....F0 TIME OCCURRED.....ABOUT 830 PM INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MAHONING COUNTY EMA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 742 PM TO 845 PM END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:30 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-017-018-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995/ERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE LINE MOVES EAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:30 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-017-018-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995/ERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE LINE MOVES EAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Portage | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Richland | 69 min |
| Jul 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 35 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.