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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 13, 1995Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 7:55 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 1995, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 132356 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC095-140100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
755 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING NEAR TOLEDO AND SYLVANIA IN LUCAS COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR TOLEDO BY 815 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
DEB

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, Aug 13, 3:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-140800-

HEAT ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
324 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO ON MONDAY...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY FELT TODAY WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...THEREFORE A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA ON MONDAY.

THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF WHAT THE TEMPERATURE FEELS LIKE WHEN BOTH
THE EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED.  ON
MONDAY...HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO A 105 TO 110 DEGREE
RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

DURING THIS TIME...PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR OUTDOOR PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...TRY TO STAY IN AIR-CONDITIONED
OR WELL VENTILATED PLACES AND CHECK ON THE ELDERLY...PETS AND OTHER
ANIMALS.  IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES RISE TO EXTREME LEVELS VERY QUICKLY
IN CLOSED VEHICLES...SO DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN CLOSED
AUTOMOBILES.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON TUESDAY AND PROVIDE ENOUGH
RELIEF TO BRING THE HEAT INDEX BACK DOWN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  HOWEVER...LATER IN THE WEEK HIGHER TEMPERATURES
WILL LIKELY RETURN AND COULD ONCE AGAIN PUSH HEAT INDICES BACK INTO
CRITICAL LEVELS.

REMEMBER...HEAT IS ONE OF THE LEADING WEATHER RELATED KILLERS DURING THE
SUMMER MONTHS AND HAS ALREADY CLAIMED MANY LIVES THIS SUMMER...SO STAY
INFORMED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE HEAT WAVE AND USE CAUTION
IN THE HEAT.

ADAMS

Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
545 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995

STORM REPORTS FROM EARLY SUNDAY AUG 13

TIME (LOCAL)  LOCATION           STATE     EVENT/DAMAGE
              COUNTY2

0000          OREGON              OH       MANY LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
              LUCAS

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
545 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995

STORM REPORTS FROM EARLY SUNDAY AUG 13

TIME (LOCAL)  LOCATION           STATE     EVENT/DAMAGE
              COUNTY

0000          OREGON              OH       MANY LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
              LUCAS

KIELTYKA

EN
CANCELLED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa	51 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.