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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 16, 1995Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 9:05 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1995, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2012 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCLE 170108 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC051-170200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
905 PM EDT WED AUG 16 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
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM EDT NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FAYETTE...ZONE
AND OAKSHADE.
 
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.
 
GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 11:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry56 min
Aug 17, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas2 hr
Aug 17, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky58 min
Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Ottawa112 min
Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESandusky112 min
Aug 17, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron60 min
Aug 17, 2:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie26 min
Aug 17, 3:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron2 hr
Aug 17, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain63 min
Aug 17, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Richland58 min
Aug 17, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Lorain, Richland2 hr
Aug 17, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox57 min
Aug 17, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox2 hr
Aug 17, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow57 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.