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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 1995Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 2:41 PM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 101842
SVRCLE
OHC133-151-153-101945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
241 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY...STARK COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MOGADORE IN
SUMMIT COUNTY TO NEAR NORTH CANTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD
STARK COUNTY. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HE<AVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
 
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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, May 10, 12:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-101705-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1206 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OHIO AFTER 1 PM.  THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 1158 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOLEDO NEAR TIFFIN. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL REACH SANDUSKY
BY 1245 PM.

LATER INFORMATION WILHL BE ISSUED IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS UNDER THE
CLENOWCLE PRODUCT HEADER.
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:28 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
OHZ009-010-011-012-013-014-019-020-021-022-023-028-029-030-031-
032-033-036-037-038-047-102030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 7 PM.

AT 2:20 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO FROM CLEVELAND WEST THROUGH NORWALK.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR AKRON SOUTH TOWARD THE
OHIO RIVER.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED.

ANY THUNDERSTORM COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH STORMS
OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE READY TO
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IN A STRONG BUILDING. REMEMBER THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca50 min
May 10, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca44 min
May 10, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESandusky64 min
May 10, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood53 min
May 10, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
May 10, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga27 min
May 10, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake36 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.