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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 15, 1995Ashland County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1995, 7:29 PM EDT for Ashland County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1995, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1995-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 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 1995-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 152331
SVRCLE
OHC005-160030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
729 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 721 PM EDT...CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NOVA IN NORTH ASHLAND COUNTY TO SPENCER IN
WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MPH.
 
THE TOWNS OF SULLIVAN...ALBION...HOMERVILLE AND LODI ARE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
BARJENBRUCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS1 KCLE 152334 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC005-103-160030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
729 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN  OHIO

   ...ASHLAND COUNTY AND MEDINA COUNTY.

AT 721 PM EDT...CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NOVA IN NORTH ASHLAND COUNTY TO SPENCER IN
WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MPH.

THE TOWNS OF SULLIVAN...ALBION...HOMERVILLE AND LODI ARE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


BARJENBRUCH/LG


CORRECTED TO ADD MEDINA COUNTY

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 15, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-017-018-027-028-152300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
327 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9
PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY AND LIMA.

AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WATCH AREA INTO THE
EVENING.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO( POSSIBLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES ONE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes61 min
Aug 15, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas117 min
Aug 15, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa61 min
Aug 15, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox59 min
Aug 15, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron45 min
Aug 15, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton60 min
Aug 15, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEFulton41 min
Aug 15, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock68 min
Aug 15, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca59 min
Aug 15, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky61 min
Aug 15, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood42 min
Aug 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa68 min
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca63 min
Aug 15, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa117 min
Aug 15, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning68 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.