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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 13, 1995Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 2947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCLE 140019 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC007-085-140115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
818 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED AN AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA AND LAKE
COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH FAIRPORT
HARBOR...GENEVA ON THE LAKE AND ASHBTABULA BY 930 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 54 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 34 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 33 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.

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:13 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

OHZ002-003-007>014-019>023-031>033-PAZ001>003-140200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
813 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYVLANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NY UNTIL
930 PM.

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE
TOLEDO...NORWALK...CLEVELAND...PAINESVILLE...AKRON-CANTON AND
YOUNGSTOWN AND ERIE PENNSYVLANIA AND MEADVILLE.

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING MOVING OUT OF MICHIGAN WILL
AFFECT NORTHERN OHIO EARLY TONIGHT.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE...PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP AN
EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFETY AS NEEDED.
KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	68 min
Aug 13, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	68 min
Aug 13, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	66 min
Aug 13, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	55 min
Aug 13, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	55 min
Aug 13, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	63 min
Aug 13, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Summit	65 min
Aug 13, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	58 min
Aug 13, 10:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage	36 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.