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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 16, 1995Huron County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 4:36 PM EDT for Huron County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huron County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 162038 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC077-139-162145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
436 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HURON COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN
PARTS OF HURON COUNTY THROUGH 545 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.
 
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 54 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

GERARD
Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 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 50 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 6 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga2 hr
Jul 15, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Portage60 min
Jul 15, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull64 min
Jul 16, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford62 min
Jul 16, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow53 min
Jul 16, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron35 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.