Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 9:05 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 140106 RRA SVRCLE OHC155-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 905 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...TRUMBULL COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 930 PM AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 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, 5 hours 41 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, 3 hours 21 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
KIELTYKALocal storm report, Aug 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 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, 52 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
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:19 PM EDT, 46 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, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 57 min |
| 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, 9:20 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.