Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 3600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 170019 RRA SVRCLE OHC175-170115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 820 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...WYANDOT COUNTY AT 820 PM NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WYANDOT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 16, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 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, 4 hours 50 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, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ009>014-019>023-027>033-036>038-047-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE TO FAIRPORT HARBOR... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 715 PM... AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO FROM HURON AND SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR ASHLAND AND KNOX COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO OTHER STORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE RAINS COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREET AND SMALL STREAMS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...MOVE INDOORS TO SHELTER. IF YOU ARE HAVING AN OUTDOOR FUNCTION YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ009>014-019>023-027>033-036>038-047-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE TO FAIRPORT HARBOR... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 715 PM... AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO FROM HURON AND SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR ASHLAND AND KNOX COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO OTHER STORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE RAINS COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREET AND SMALL STREAMS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING...MOVE INDOORS TO SHELTER. IF YOU ARE HAVING AN OUTDOOR FUNCTION YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOSARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 69 min |
| Jul 16, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 28 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.