Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 10:17 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 TTAA00 KCLE 140218 RRA SVRCLE OHC099-133-140315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1017 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...MAHONING COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF RAVENNA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH DEERFIELD AND BERLIN CENTER. 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 ALRL 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
Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:44 PM EDT, 4 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
COUNTY2
0000 OREGON OH MANY LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
LUCAS
KIELTYKALocal storm report, Aug 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 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, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 58 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, 9:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZ002-003-007>014-019>023-031>033-PAZ001>003-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 955 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FULTON...LUCAS WILLIAMS AND WOOD COUNTIES. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SEEN MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
OHZ002-003-007>014-019>023-031>033-PAZ001>003-140200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 955 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FULTON...LUCAS WILLIAMS AND WOOD COUNTIES. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SEEN MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 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, 9:05 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, 10:29 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.